I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day
American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe
The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him
A capacity, and taste, for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others
No man is good enough to govern another man without the other’s consent
If you think you can slander a woman into loving you, or a man into voting for you, try it till you are satisfied
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable
The timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness. And knows that yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream
It is the lone worker who makes the first advance in a subject; the details may be worked out by a team
The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.
No one can construct for you the bridge upon which precisely you must cross the stream of life, no one but you yourself alone
If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things
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