Abraham Lincoln

Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

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 by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

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

When I do good I feel good, when I do bad I feel bad, and that's my religion.

At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

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

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

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

If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.

I do the very best I know how — the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.