Abraham Quotes

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

I will prepare, and someday my chance will come.

What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

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

No man is poor who has a Godly mother.

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.

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.

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

Sir, 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.

The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it.

One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.

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

You must remember that some things legally right are not morally right.

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.

If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.

It is a sin to be silent when it is your duty to protest.

When people appear to be something other than good and decent, it is only because they are reacting to stress, pain, or the deprivation of basic human needs such as security, love, and self-esteem.

You will either step forward into growth or you will step back into safety.

All of life is education and everybody is a teacher and everybody is forever a pupil.

I can feel guilty about the past, Apprehensive about the future,but only in the present can I act.The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.

If you trust, you will be disappointed occasionally, but if you mistrust, you will be miserable all the time.

If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.

Education is learning to grow, learning what to grow toward, learning what is good and bad, learning what is desirable and undesirable, learning what to choose and what not to choose.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

You cannot fail unless you quit.

What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.

You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry

We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.

We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.

You can please some of the people some of the time, all of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time, but you can never please all of the people all of the time.

Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.

Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.

Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality.

Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power...Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.

I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man. All the good from The Savior of the world is communicated to us through this Book.

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.

In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty - all are responsible.

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

To stand in silence when they should be protesting makes cowards of men.

You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.

The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.

I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody.

The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.

Self-actualizing people have a deep feeling of identification, sympathy, and affection for human beings in general. They feel kinship and connection, as if all people were members of a single family.

One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities.