If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he...

A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he...

He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help

He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help

Some day I shall be President.

Some day I shall be President.

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...

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...

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with...

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with...

Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up,...

Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up,...

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,...

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

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...

I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I...

I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I...

If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on...

If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on...

I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and...

I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and...

I regard no man as poor who has a godly mother.

I regard no man as poor who has a godly mother.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

The citizen's job is to be rude - to pierce the comfort of professional intercourse...

The citizen's job is to be rude - to pierce the comfort of professional intercourse...

This Nation was founded by men of many nations and backgrounds. It was founded on...

This Nation was founded by men of many nations and backgrounds. It was founded on...

Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night

Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night