Abraham Lincoln

Take all that you can of this book upon reason, and the balance on faith, and you will live and die a happier man. (When a skeptic expressed surprise to see him reading a Bible)

Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.

My greatest concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are concerned with your failure.

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

The struggle of today, is not altogether for today - it is for a vast future also.

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

Respected Teacher,My son will have to learn that all men are not just, all men are not true. But teach him also that for ever scoundrel there is a hero; that for every selfish politician, there is a dedicated leader. Teach him that for every enemy there is a friend.It will take time, I know; but teach him, if you can, that a dollar earned is far more valuable than five found.Teach him to learn to lose and also to enjoy winning.Steer him away from envy, if you can.Teach him the secret of quite laughter. Let him learn early that the bullies are the easiest to tick.Teach him, if you can, the wonder of books... but also give him quiet time to ponder over the eternal mystery of birds in the sky, bees in the sun, and flowers on a green hill.In school teach him it is far more honorable to fail than to cheat.Teach him to have faith in his own ideas, even if every one tells him they are wrong.Teach him to be gentle with gentle people and tough with the tough.Try to give my son the strength not to follow the crowd when every one is getting on the bandwagon.Teach him to listen to all men but teach him also to filter all he hears on a screen of truth and take only the good that comes through.Teach him, if you can, how to laugh when he is sad. Teach him there is no shame in tears. Teach him to scoff at cynics and to beware of too much sweetness.Teach him to sell his brawn and brain to the highest bidders; but never to put a price tag on his heart and soul.Teach him to close his ears to a howling mob_ and to stand and fight if he thinks he__ right.Treat him gently; but do not cuddle him because only the test of fire makes fine steel.Let him have the courage to be impatient, let him have the patience to be brave. Teach him always to have sublime faith in himself because then he will always have sublime faith in mankind.This is a big order; but see what you can do. He is such a fine little fellow, my son.(Abraham Lincoln__ letter to his son__ Head Master)

Achievement has no COLOR.

Let no feeling of discouragement preyupon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed.

One company can serve some of your needs all of the time, or all of your needs some of the time, but never both.

If any man ceases to attack me, I never remember the past against him.

No man was to be eulogized for what he did; or censured for what he did or did not do. All of us are the children of conditions, of circumstances, of environment, of education, of acquired habits and of heredity; moulding men as they are and will for ever be.

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.

in times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and eternity.

A house divided cannot stand.

I was a little cross.I ask pardon. If I do get up a little temper I have no sufficient time to keep it up.