If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? No, calling a tail a leg don't make it a leg.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

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

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

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

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.

It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance...

It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance...

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could do for themselves.

You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could do for themselves.

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

Military glory - that attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood

Military glory - that attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood

Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be.

Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be.

Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.

Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.

Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is...

Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Work alone will efface the footsteps of work

Work alone will efface the footsteps of work

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost how...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost how...