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

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

Topics: Concern Quotes, Failure Quotes

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...

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...

The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working...

The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working...

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

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

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

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect...

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect...

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...

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a mans character,...

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a mans character,...

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

We must free the slaves or be ourselves subdued. The slaves were undeniably a element...

We must free the slaves or be ourselves subdued. The slaves were undeniably a element...

Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.

Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.

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...

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

Beware of rashness, but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victories.

Beware of rashness, but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victories.

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.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character,...

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character,...

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...

Nature is full of infinite causes that have never occurred in experience.

Nature is full of infinite causes that have never occurred in experience.

The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes...

The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes...

If there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a...

If there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a...