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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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...

The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.

The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.

If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could...

If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could...

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

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

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the...

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the...

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.

I fear you do not fully comprehend the danger of abridging the liberties of the...

I fear you do not fully comprehend the danger of abridging the liberties of the...

Discourage litigation. Persuade you neighbors to compromise whenever you can ... As a peace-maker the...

Discourage litigation. Persuade you neighbors to compromise whenever you can ... As a peace-maker the...

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...

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to...

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to...

It is my ambition and desire to so administer the affairs of the government while...

It is my ambition and desire to so administer the affairs of the government while...

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...

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...

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have

I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end......

I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end......

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do...

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do...

It is the responsibility of leadership to provide opportunity, and the responsibility of individuals to...

It is the responsibility of leadership to provide opportunity, and the responsibility of individuals to...

Unless you are prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make...

Unless you are prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make...

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have...

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have...