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

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

Topics: Doing Your Best Quotes, Growing Up Quotes

My earlier views at the unsoundness of the Christian scheme of salvation and the human...

My earlier views at the unsoundness of the Christian scheme of salvation and the human...

Truth is generally the best vindication against slander

Truth is generally the best vindication against slander

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

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

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

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

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,...

With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God...

With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God...

If you have no will to change it, you have no right to criticize it

If you have no will to change it, you have no right to criticize it

I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way...

I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way...

A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not...

A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not...

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we...

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we...

Everybody likes a compliment.

Everybody likes a compliment.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

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

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

If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their...

If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their...

Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him...

Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him...

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...

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...

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it...

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it...