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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My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part...

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part...

Military glory--that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood--that serpents eye, that charms to...

Military glory--that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood--that serpents eye, that charms to...

Lonely men seek companionship. Lonely women sit at home and wait. They never meet.

Lonely men seek companionship. Lonely women sit at home and wait. They never meet.

I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I...

I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I...

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not,...

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not,...

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...

If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? No,...

If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? No,...

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and lose our freedoms,...

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and lose our freedoms,...

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

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

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from...

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from...

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...

Public opinion, though often formed upon a wrong basis, yet generally has a strong underlying...

Public opinion, though often formed upon a wrong basis, yet generally has a strong underlying...

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...

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.

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

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...

The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.

The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibilty, never an oppourtunity.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibilty, never an oppourtunity.

I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true...

I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true...