quotes by Abraham Lincoln
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"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt."
— Abraham Lincoln
— Abraham Lincoln
tags:
wisdom
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"People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be."
— Abraham Lincoln
— Abraham Lincoln
tags:
happiness
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"Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all."
— Abraham Lincoln
— Abraham Lincoln
"And in the end it is not the years in your life that count,
It's the life in your years."
— Abraham Lincoln
It's the life in your years."
— Abraham Lincoln
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
— Abraham Lincoln
— Abraham Lincoln
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."
— Abraham Lincoln
— Abraham Lincoln
"When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion."
— Abraham Lincoln
— Abraham Lincoln
"...my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side..."
— Abraham Lincoln
— Abraham Lincoln
"You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time"
— Abraham Lincoln
— Abraham Lincoln
"How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg."
— Abraham Lincoln
— Abraham Lincoln
"My father taught me to work, but not to love it. I never did like to work, and I don't deny it. I'd rather read, tell stories, crack jokes, talk, laugh -- anything but work."
— Abraham Lincoln
— Abraham Lincoln
"If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?"
— Abraham Lincoln
— Abraham Lincoln
tags:
humor
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"Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm."
— Abraham Lincoln
— Abraham Lincoln
