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Abraham Lincoln Quotes: Character is like a tree, and reputation is like its shadow.
         

Character is like a tree, and reputation is like its shadow.


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I will prepare, and someday my chance will come.

I will prepare, and someday my chance will come.




No man is poor who has a Godly mother.

No man is poor who has a Godly mother.



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

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



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

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



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.

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.



America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.



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

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



Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.



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

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





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Surely of all ‘rights of man’, this right of the ignorant man to be guided by the wiser, to be, gently or forcibly, held in the true course by him, is the indisputablest.

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No man need fear death, he need fear only that he may die without having known his greatest power: the power of his free will to give his life for others

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Impersonal criticism?is like an impersonal fist fight or an impersonal marriage, and as successful.

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No one sees themself as the villain in their story.



Honestly," she sighed, "I don't know what kind of life we'll have together, with me always flying off in one direction and you in the other." I smiled. "It's a good thing the world's round," I said.

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Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.

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