![]() Law Most of us are just about as happy as we make up our minds to be. Law There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law. Slavery freedom The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. The public Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. Wisdom God must have loved the common people, he made so many of them. Work We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it. Marriage My father taught me to work he did not teach me to love it. Tact Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory. Wisdom enemies food for thought Tact: the ability to describe others as they see themselves. War violence Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?. Īmerican Civil War Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived. Lying We shall meanly lose or nobly save the last hope of earth. Ĭriticism No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar. He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help. Ĭhange Truth is generally the best vindication against slander. God It is best not to swap horses while crossing the river. Personal Would God show His will for me to others and not to me?. Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln I have no wealthy or popular relations to recommend me. Īttitude positive What kills the skunk is the publicity it gives itself. įriendship enemies To ease another 's heartache is to forget one's own. įriendship strangers A friend is a man who has the same enemies you have. ![]() Principles Think of strangers as friends you have not met yet. Principles Important principles may, and must, be inflexible. Hopeful inspirational If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one? -įunny I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. Patience I will prepare and some day my chance will come. Unity iconic Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time. Promises A house divided against itself cannot stand. Inner peace celebrity Bad promises are better broken than kept. Moving forward Avoid popularity if you would have peace. įreedom I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back. War democracy voting Freedom is the last, best hope of earth. Writing The ballot is stronger than the bullet. Personal Everyone has a least one book in him. How to live life career I am not an accomplished lawyer. Human nature Whatever you are, be a good one. ![]() Therein is a drop of honey that catches his heart which, say what you will, is the great high road to his reason. So with men, if you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Wisdom persuasion communication empathy A drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall. Most popular Abraham Lincoln Quotes When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say. ![]()
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