Saturday, December 7, 2013

abraham lincoln


Have been thinking for a while now about how do i help my loyal blog readers to feel better and i thought of it and have decided to begin to unleash posts from the various great men that walked the earth and have first rolled out a list of nelson mandela best quotes now i would be rolling out a list of abraham lincoln best quotes.Abraham lincoln was a president of united states of america whom contested ten consecutive times before he suceeded in ruling the united states of america and below are some of his best posts.
 “Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be” 
“Whatever you are, be a good one.”
― Abraham Lincoln
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”
― Abraham Lincoln

“Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?”
― Abraham Lincoln
“And in the end it is not the years in your life that count, it's the life in youryears.”
― Abraham Lincoln
“My Best Friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.”
― Abraham Lincoln
tags: books
Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all.”
― Abraham Lincoln
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.”
― Abraham Lincoln
“My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.”
― Abraham Lincoln
“I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down.”
― Abraham Lincoln
tags: frienshipsuccess
“When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.”
― Abraham Lincoln
“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.”
― Abraham Lincoln
tags: freedomlibertyslavery
“How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.”
― Abraham Lincoln
tags: reality
“Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.”
― Abraham Lincoln
“Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.”
― Abraham Lincoln
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“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln
“If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?”
― Abraham Lincoln
tags: humor
“When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.”
― Abraham Lincoln
“I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.”
― Abraham Lincoln
“I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.”
― Abraham Lincoln
“Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.”
― Abraham Lincoln
tags: belief
“I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.”
― Abraham Lincoln
“All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.”
― Abraham Lincoln
tags: mothers
“There are no bad pictures; that's just how your face looks sometimes.”
― Abraham Lincoln
“Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing.”
― Abraham Lincoln
“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.”
― Abraham Lincoln
“No man is poor who has a Godly mother.”
― Abraham Lincoln
tags: lincolnmotherwisdom
“If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. -Speech at Clinton, Illinois, September 8, 1854.”
― Abraham Lincoln
“I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to
succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.”
― Abraham Lincoln
“My father taught me to work, but not to love it. I never did like to work, and I don't deny it. I'd rather read, tell stories, crack jokes, talk, laugh -- anything but work.”
― Abraham Lincoln
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source: www.goodreads.com

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