Abraham Quotes

No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.

I do, therefore, invite my fellow citizens . . . to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens.

A nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure.

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.

I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.

As soon as you open your mind to doing things differently, the doors of opportunity practically fly off their hinges.

When the spirit shines, even foggy skies make pleasant light.

We must first peer into the darkness, feel strangled and entombed in the hopelessness of living without God, before we are ready to feel the presence of His living light.

There's no honorable way to kill, no gentle way to destroy. There is nothing good in war. Except its ending.

If you love something, set it free.

Achievement has no color

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

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

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

He is your friend who pushes you nearer to God.

Sell the benefit, not your company or the product. People buy results, not features.

No state, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union. Plainly, the central idea of secession, is the essence of anarchy.

These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people.

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?

I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

Let us renew our trust in god, and go forward without fear.

And having thus chosen our course, without guile, and with pure purpose, let us renew our trust in God, and go forward without fear, and with manly hearts.

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

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

Let the people know the truth and the country is safe.

Understand that you need to sell you and your ideas in order to advance your career, gain more respect, and increase your success, influence and income.

As we keep or break the Sabbath Day we nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope by which man rises.

If this country is ever demoralized, it will come from trying to live without work.

The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.

A stupid man behaves stupidly, not because he wants to, or tries to, or is motivated to, but simply because he is what he is.

If there is anything that links the human to the divine, it is the courage to stand by a principle when everybody else rejects it.

It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.

A first-rate soup is more creative than a second-rate painting.

The key to all of life is understanding how to add value to others.

The higher the truth, the simpler it is.

In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves.

When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.

I see a very dark cloud on America's horizon, and that cloud is coming from Rome.

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present.

Beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories.

We are not in a position in which we have nothing to work with. We already have capacities, talents, direction, missions, callings.

The solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.

There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry, Mine!

If you understand what you're doing, you're not learning anything.

When one looks truly at the good side of everyone, others come to love him very naturally, and he does not need even a speck of flattery.

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.

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.

We shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it.

Self-actualized people...live more in the real world of nature than in the man-made mass of concepts, abstractions, expectations, beliefs and stereotypes that most people confuse with the world.