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

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor,...

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor,...

The family unit plays a critical role in our society and in the training of...

The family unit plays a critical role in our society and in the training of...

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

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...

These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far...

These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far...

Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.

Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.

I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt...

I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt...

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

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

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

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...

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.

He reminds me of the man who murdered both his parents, and then when sentence...

He reminds me of the man who murdered both his parents, and then when sentence...

Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.

Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I...

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. 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...

What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new...

What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new...

I can not deny that all may be swept away. Broken by it, I, too,...

I can not deny that all may be swept away. Broken by it, I, too,...

Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain...

Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain...

I go on the principle that a public debt is a public curse, and in...

I go on the principle that a public debt is a public curse, and in...

The basis of my politics lies in the proposition that the Untouchables are not a...

The basis of my politics lies in the proposition that the Untouchables are not a...