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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There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, Truth...

There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, Truth...

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 severest justice may not always be the best policy

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

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...

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening...

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening...

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...

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.

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...

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...

You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some...

You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some...

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the...

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the...

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 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...

Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him...

Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him...

And in the end, its not the years in your life that count. Its the...

And in the end, its not the years in your life that count. Its the...

I regard no man as poor who has a godly mother.

I regard no man as poor who has a godly mother.

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...

One of the great mind destroyers of college education is the belief that if it's...

One of the great mind destroyers of college education is the belief that if it's...

There may be more poetry than justice in poetic justice.

There may be more poetry than justice in poetic justice.