People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

Topics: People Quotes

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...

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the...

All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the...

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...

I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what...

I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what...

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

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

I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward...

I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward...

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...

Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.

Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.

My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few...

My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few...

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...

I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me...

I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me...

If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are...

If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are...

The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is...

The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is...

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.

It behooves us, then, to humble ourselves before the Offended power, to confess our national...

It behooves us, then, to humble ourselves before the Offended power, to confess our national...

Politicians are a set of men who have interests aside from the interests of the...

Politicians are a set of men who have interests aside from the interests of the...

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.

Vision without action is daydream. Action without vision is nightmare.

Vision without action is daydream. Action without vision is nightmare.

I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.

I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict,...

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict,...