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

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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...

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way...

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way...

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...

Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the...

Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict 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...

Everybody likes a compliment.

Everybody likes a compliment.

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer...

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer...

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

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

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This...

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This...

The love of property and consciousness of right and wrong have conflicting places in our...

The love of property and consciousness of right and wrong have conflicting places in our...

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor,...

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor,...

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

To stand in silence when they should be protesting makes cowards out of men.

To stand in silence when they should be protesting makes cowards out of men.

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's...

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's...

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

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...

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...

It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.

It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.

We are not so much concerned if you are slow as when you come to...

We are not so much concerned if you are slow as when you come to...

Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over again, and you...

Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over again, and you...