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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I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to...

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to...

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's...

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's...

Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.

Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.

He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.

He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.

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...

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...

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a...

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a...

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

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

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

It is my ambition and desire to so administer the affairs of the government while...

It is my ambition and desire to so administer the affairs of the government while...

There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, Truth...

There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, Truth...

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...

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...

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

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets.

Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets.

It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is...

It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is...

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...

If I had more skill in what I'm attempting, I wouldn't need so much courage

If I had more skill in what I'm attempting, I wouldn't need so much courage

Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue,...

Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue,...

A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is...

A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is...