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

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer...

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer...

The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he makes so many of them.

The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he makes so many of them.

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...

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

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...

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...

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

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...

Determine the thing that can and shall be done, and then we shall find the...

Determine the thing that can and shall be done, and then we shall find the...

If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please...

If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please...

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

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

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what...

I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what...

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people...

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people...

So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war.

So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war.

Truth is generally the best vindication against slander

Truth is generally the best vindication against slander

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...

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever...

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever...

The only real failure in life is one not learned from.

The only real failure in life is one not learned from.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what...

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what...