Abraham Quotes

If elected I shall be thankful; if not, it will be all the same.

If you have never failed you have never lived.

Labor is the true standard of value.

The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working people of all nations and tongues and kindreds.

I destroy my enemy if I make him my friend.

Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world?

We cannot but believe that He who made the world still governs it.

What kind of guilt comes from being true to yourself but not to others?. As we have seen, being true to yourself may at times intrinsically and necessarily be in conflict with being true to others.

My paramount objective in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not to either save or destroy Slavery.

I am satisfied that when the Almighty wants me to do or not do any particular thing, He finds a way of letting me know it

The only assurance of our nation's safety is to lay our foundation in morality and religion.

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.

Don't judge a man by the size of his ego or his heart, but on the epicness of his beard and the beautiful woman on his arm

Vain, weak-built isthmus, which dost proudly rise Up between two eternities!

May I a small house and large garden have; And a few friends, And many books, both true.

Life is hard but so very beautiful

If you can't change a situation, you can change your attitude toward it.

Self appointed expectations lead to self induced frustrations.

We live in the midst of alarms; anxiety beclouds the future; we expect some new disaster with each newspaper we read.

Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.

Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him, who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust, in the best way, all our present difficulty.

There' s nothing good in war. Except its ending.

What is hell other than a realm in which unholiness works without restraint in body and soul?

One is a majority if he is right.

Lutheranism restricted itself to an exclusively ecclesiastical and theological character, while Calvinism put its impress in and outside the church upon every aspect of human life.

To pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions.

All action is vicarious faith.

It has been said of the world's history hitherto that might makes right. It is for us and for our time to reverse the maxim, and to say that right makes might.

Your job is to preserve yourself, not to descend into their hole. It's a relief when you arrive at this place, the point of absurdity, because then you are free, you owe them nothing.

We come unbidden into this life, and if we are lucky we find a purpose beyond starvation, misery, and early death which, lest we forget, is the common lot.

When you make it to the top, turn and reach down for the person behind you.

I was taking care of people my age who were dying. The constant feeling, hearing from them, was that life is transient and can end very quickly, so don't postpone your dreams.

In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.

As far as I know, only a small minority of mathematicians, even of those with Platonist views, accept the idea that there may be mathematical facts which are true but unknowable.

The privilege of creating and issuing money is not only the supreme prerogative of government, but it is the government's greatest creative opportunity.

An invisible car came out of nowhere, struck my vehicle and vanished.

If you wish to win a man over to your ideas, first make him your friend.

The major motivation theories by which most men live can lead them only to depression and cynicism.

The key question isn't, 'What fosters creativity?' But it is, 'Why isn't everyone creative?'

We've only recently turned the corner on the Sept. 11 attacks being blamed on Jews and Israelis, as well as almost every other terrorist attack, whether in London, Madrid, Bali or Egypt.

On the whole, my impression is that mercy bears richer fruits than any other attribute.

I have simply tried to do what seemed best each day, as each day came.

Secrecy, censorship, dishonesty, and blocking of communication threaten all the basic needs.

There is really no crisis except an artificial one...If the great American people will only keep their temper, on both sides of the line, the trouble will come to an end.

Stones of small worth may lie unseen by day, But night itself does the rich gem betray.

The Almighty has His own purposes.

I believe that every individual is naturally entitled to do as he pleases with himself and the fruits of his labor, so far as it in no way interferes with any other men's rights.

Military glory-that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood-that serpent's eye, that charms to destroy.

In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all, and it comes with bitter agony. Perfect relief is not possible, except with the passing of time.

Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.