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

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

Topics: Mind Quotes, People Quotes

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.

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

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

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

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

Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to...

Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to...

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to...

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to...

Whatever spiteful fools may say, Each jealous ranting yelper, No woman ever went astray, Without...

Whatever spiteful fools may say, Each jealous ranting yelper, No woman ever went astray, Without...

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

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.

I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was...

I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was...

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

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

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform...

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform...

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

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...

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...

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the...

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the...

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

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...

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has...

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has...

In the end, it all comes down to the fact that I cared too much,...

In the end, it all comes down to the fact that I cared too much,...