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

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...

He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

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...

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the...

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the...

Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.

Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.

I will study and get ready, and perhaps my chance will come.

I will study and get ready, and perhaps my chance will come.

Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does...

Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does...

The power confided in me will be used to hold, occupy and possess the property...

The power confided in me will be used to hold, occupy and possess the property...

The better part of ones life consists of his friendships.

The better part of ones life consists of his friendships.

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

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

Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak...

Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak...

The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man...

The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man...

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...

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new...

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new...

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.

Freedom is never given, it is won.

Freedom is never given, it is won.

May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely,...

May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely,...