Whatever you are, be a good one.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

Topics: Doing Your Best Quotes, Leadership 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,...

These office-seekers are a curse to the country; no sooner was my election certain, than...

These office-seekers are a curse to the country; no sooner was my election certain, than...

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

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...

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

Whatever spiteful fools may say, Each jealous ranting yelper, No woman ever went astray, Without...

Whatever spiteful fools may say, Each jealous ranting yelper, No woman ever went astray, Without...

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...

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he...

A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he...

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...

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's...

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's...

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

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...

A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with...

A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with...

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a mans character,...

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a mans character,...

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the...

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the...

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...

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

I'm not after fame and success and fortune and power. It's mostly [that I want]...

I'm not after fame and success and fortune and power. It's mostly [that I want]...

From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.

From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.