Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincolnwas the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War—its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis. In doing so, he preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the federal government, and modernized the economy...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionUS President
Date of Birth12 February 1809
CountryUnited States of America
death kill-me ifs
If they do kill me, I shall never die another death.
thinking people doubt
Tis better people think you a fool, then open your mouth and erase all doubt.
mind pieces scratches
I am slow to learn and slow to forget that which I have learned. My mind is like a piece of steel, very hard to scratch any thing on it and almost impossible after you get it there to rub it out.
laughter mind awful
Laughter can be used to sooth the mind and get rid of those awful thoughts.
church-service interesting challenges
Abraham Lincoln was asked by an aide about the church service he had attended. Lincoln responded that the minister was inspired, interesting, well-prepared, eloquent and the topic relevant. The aide said, “Then it was a good service?” Lincoln responded, “No.” The aide protested, “But, Mr. President, you said that the minister was inspired, interesting, well-prepared, eloquent, and that the topic was relevant.” “Yes,” replied Lincoln, “but he didn’t challenge us to do any great thing.
fighting ifs negotiating
IF you are going to fight, don't let them talk you into negotiating. But, if you are going to negotiate, don't let them talk you into fighting.
writing world great-inventions
Writing is the great invention of the world.
looks persons
Whether you look for the good or look for the bad in a person, you'll find it." A. Lincoln
men may invention
The written word may be man's greatest invention. It allows us to converse with the dead, the absent, and the unborn.
people feelings littles
With educated people, I suppose, punctuation is a matter of rule; with me it is a matter of feeling. But I must say I have a great respect for the semicolin; it's a useful little chap
dream nature memories
The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearth-stone, all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature. --as quoted in THE RIVER OF WINGED DREAMS
You cannot have the right to do what is wrong!
laughing cry bigs
Too big to cry too young to laugh...
wells
Never do anything for anyone who can just as well do it themself