Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers, is that...

The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers, is that...

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,...

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...

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is...

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is...

We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our...

We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our...

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four....

How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four....

In times like these men should utter nothing for which they would not be willingly...

In times like these men should utter nothing for which they would not be willingly...

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he...

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he...

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

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

Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak...

Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak...

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

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...

Politicians are a set of men who have interests aside from the interests of the...

Politicians are a set of men who have interests aside from the interests of the...

He reminds me of the man who murdered both his parents, and then when sentence...

He reminds me of the man who murdered both his parents, and then when sentence...

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.

The love of property and consciousness of right and wrong have conflicting places in our...

The love of property and consciousness of right and wrong have conflicting places in our...

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

I cried because I had no shoes, then I met a man who had no...

I cried because I had no shoes, then I met a man who had no...

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and...

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and...

When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being,...

When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being,...

To communicate through silence is a link between the thoughts of man.

To communicate through silence is a link between the thoughts of man.