Quotes

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.

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

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 philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.

I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.

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.

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

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

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

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.

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

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

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

Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.

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.

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.

I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.

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

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.

Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.