Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people...

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people...

I regard no man as poor who has a godly mother.

I regard no man as poor who has a godly mother.

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God...

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God...

Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people

Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people

The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's for which the sheep thanks the shepherd...

The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's for which the sheep thanks the shepherd...

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war.

So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war.

I can not deny that all may be swept away. Broken by it, I, too,...

I can not deny that all may be swept away. Broken by it, I, too,...

Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to...

Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to...

What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new...

What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new...

If you have no will to change it, you have no right to criticize it

If you have no will to change it, you have no right to criticize it

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each...

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each...

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's...

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's...

If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? No,...

If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? No,...

I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be...

I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be...

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

If your parents didn't have any children, there's a good chance that you won't have...

If your parents didn't have any children, there's a good chance that you won't have...

Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years.

Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years.

Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.

Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.

Being a good actor isn't easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to...

Being a good actor isn't easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to...

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do...

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do...