Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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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...

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character,...

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character,...

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him...

Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him...

Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does...

Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does...

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...

Beware of rashness, but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victories.

Beware of rashness, but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victories.

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part...

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part...

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform...

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform...

The United States government must not undertake to run the Churches. When an individual, in...

The United States government must not undertake to run the Churches. When an individual, in...

It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do...

It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do...

It behooves us, then, to humble ourselves before the Offended power, to confess our national...

It behooves us, then, to humble ourselves before the Offended power, to confess our national...

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

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...

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

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...

Were it not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this...

Were it not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this...

Humor does not diminish the pain - it makes the space around it get bigger.

Humor does not diminish the pain - it makes the space around it get bigger.

And it really pisses Peter and Micky off when I get onto one of those...

And it really pisses Peter and Micky off when I get onto one of those...