The worst thing you can do for those you love is the things they could and should do themselves.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

Topics: Self Efficiency Quotes

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,...

He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help

He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help

The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working...

The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working...

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am...

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am...

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

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...

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.

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...

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...

He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from...

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from...

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition

In times like these men should utter nothing for which they would not be willingly...

In times like these men should utter nothing for which they would not be willingly...

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first...

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first...

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

Were it not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this...

Were it not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this...

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

Were it not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this...

Were it not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this...