Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.

Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the...

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the...

A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not...

A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not...

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I...

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I...

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we...

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we...

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to...

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to...

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government...

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government...

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep...

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep...

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. I...

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. I...

I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what...

I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what...

People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

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...

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the...

Public opinion, though often formed upon a wrong basis, yet generally has a strong underlying...

Public opinion, though often formed upon a wrong basis, yet generally has a strong underlying...

The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working...

The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working...

And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the...

And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the...

A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths.

A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths.

Some days I think that I would be much happier if I were single...and all...

Some days I think that I would be much happier if I were single...and all...

Free yourself from the burden of feeling the need to hold on to anything. Let...

Free yourself from the burden of feeling the need to hold on to anything. Let...