I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the end

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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...

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...

If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are...

If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are...

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.

The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is...

The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is...

I desire to so conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end,...

I desire to so conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end,...

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

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

Die when I may, I want it said by those who knew me best that...

Die when I may, I want it said by those who knew me best that...

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his arent very new...

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his arent very new...

With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not...

With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not...

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not,...

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not,...

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...

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening...

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening...

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...

Determine the thing that can and shall be done, and then we shall find the...

Determine the thing that can and shall be done, and then we shall find the...

When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.

When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.

There's room for everybody on the planet to be creative and conscious if you are...

There's room for everybody on the planet to be creative and conscious if you are...

When things didn't go as your plan or back-up plan, don't sulk. Make new plans!...

When things didn't go as your plan or back-up plan, don't sulk. Make new plans!...

The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It...

The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It...

All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions.

All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions.

Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the...

Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the...

Determine the thing that can and shall be done, and then we shall find the...

Determine the thing that can and shall be done, and then we shall find the...

Climate change is real. The science is compelling. And the longer we wait, the harder...

Climate change is real. The science is compelling. And the longer we wait, the harder...

Purpose is what gives life a meaning.

Purpose is what gives life a meaning.