Famous Quotes & Sayings

Abraham Lincoln

Determine that the thing can and shall be done and then... find the way.

Abraham Lincoln

All I have learned, I learned from books.

Abraham Lincoln

Everybody likes a compliment.

Abraham Lincoln

It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.

Abraham Lincoln

I am not concerned that you have fallen -- I am concerned that you arise.

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

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.

Abraham Lincoln

Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.

Abraham Lincoln

Rules of living Don't worry, eat three square meals a day,say your prayers, be courteous to your creditors, keep your digestion good,steer clear of biliousness,exercise, go slow and go easy. May be there are other things that your special case requires to make you happy, but my friend, these, i reckon, will give you a good life.

Abraham Lincoln

You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry

Abraham Lincoln

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

Abraham Lincoln

You cannot fail unless you quit.

Abraham Lincoln

In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

Abraham Lincoln

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

Abraham Lincoln

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

Abraham Lincoln

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.

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

We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.

Abraham Lincoln

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Abraham Lincoln

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.

Abraham Lincoln

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

Abraham Lincoln

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

Abraham Lincoln

Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.

Abraham Lincoln

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

Abraham Lincoln

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

Abraham Lincoln

You can have anything you want if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.

Abraham Lincoln

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

Alex Sanchez

The pressures on gay teens can be overwhelming--to keep secrets, tell lies, deny who you are, and try to be who you're not. Remember: you are special and worth being cared about, loved, and accepted just as you are. Never, ever let anyone convince you otherwise.

Alex Steffen

You don't change the world by hiding in the woods, wearing a hair shirt, or buying indulgences in the form of 'Save the Earth' bumper stickers. You do it by articulating a vision for the future and pursuing it with all the ingenuity humanity can muster.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

It is time in the West to defend not so much human rights as human obligations.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

The line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Do not pursue what is illusory - property and position: all that is gained at the expense of your nerves decade after decade and can be confiscated in one fell night. Live with a steady superiority over life - don't be afraid of misfortune, and do not yearn after happiness; it is after all, all the same: the bitter doesn't last forever, and the sweet never fills the cup to overflowing.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Our envy of others devours us most of all.