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

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

Topics: Character Quotes, Reputation Quotes

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be...

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be...

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...

If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any...

If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any...

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we...

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we...

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...

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

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...

The worst thing you can do for those you love is the things they could...

The worst thing you can do for those you love is the things they could...

If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could...

If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could...

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...

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each...

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each...

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any...

If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any...

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

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...

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.

Look at an infantryman's eyes and you can tell how much war he has seen

Look at an infantryman's eyes and you can tell how much war he has seen