When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

Topics: Thinking Quotes, Understanding Quotes

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms,...

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms,...

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence.

You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence.

I can make more generals, but horses cost money.

I can make more generals, but horses cost money.

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each...

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each...

That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that government...

That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that government...

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...

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.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

Military glory--that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood--that serpents eye, that charms to...

Military glory--that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood--that serpents eye, that charms to...

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

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

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

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

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

The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.

The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.

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

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

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

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...

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new...

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new...

If our country is worth dying for in time of war let us resolve that...

If our country is worth dying for in time of war let us resolve that...

May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely,...

May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely,...

Let freedom never perish in your hands.

Let freedom never perish in your hands.