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.
We know nothing of what will happen in future, but by the analogy of experience.
We know nothing of what will happen in future, but by the analogy of experience.
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?
That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.
That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.
Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree read more
Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
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.
Suspicions which may be unjust need not be stated.
Suspicions which may be unjust need not be stated.
I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing read more
I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the end
We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic read more
We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearth-stone, all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
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.
