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.
Determine the thing that can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."
Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.
"People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be."
I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.
The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.
With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.
If I had 8 hours to chop down a tree, I would spend 6 hours sharpening my axe.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.
A capacity and taste for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
No man has a good enough memory to make a successful liar.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.