Abraham Lincoln ( 10 of 134 )
When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to read more
When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say.
Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.
Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.
The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
We have forgotten the gracious hand which has preserved us in peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us, and read more
We have forgotten the gracious hand which has preserved us in peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us, and have vainly imagined in the deceitfulness of our hearts that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own. Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving Grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us.
All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.
All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.
A rose without thorns is like love without heartbreak; it doesn't make sense.
A rose without thorns is like love without heartbreak; it doesn't make sense.
To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.
To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.
Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be.
Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be.
I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right. But it is my constant anxiety and read more
I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right. But it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation should be on the Lord's side.