I’ve always said that you identify the Greatness and Stature of a man – or woman – by the number of inspired Quotations they leave us.
I could easily have filled several pages with the Quotations of Abraham Lincoln.
And one of the tests of Wisdom is how well such Quotations apply over time.
“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”
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“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”
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“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.”
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“I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody.”
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“Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is
and the tree is the real thing.”
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“The best way to predict your future is to create it.”
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“We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.”
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“Elections belong to the people. It’s their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.”
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“The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.”
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“A house divided against itself cannot stand.” I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved — I do not expect the house to fall — but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other.”
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“Stand with anyone that is right; stand with him while he is right
and part with him when he goes wrong.”
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https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/229.Abraham_Lincoln?page=1
