The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I...

I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I...

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

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

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new...

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new...

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...

I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.

I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always...

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always...

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

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

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who...

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who...

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

The assertion that all men are created equal was of no practical use in effecting...

The assertion that all men are created equal was of no practical use in effecting...

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...

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...

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever...

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever...

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life...

In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life...

Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the...

Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the...

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of...

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of...

Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.

Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.