Words of Wisdom from...
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the son a Kentucky frontiersman, and had to struggle for a living and for learning. He was born in Kentucky, and grew up in Indiana. Lincoln made extraordinary efforts to attain knowledge while working on a farm, splitting rails for fences.
"To correct the evils, great and small, which spring from
want of sympathy and from positive enmity among
strangers, as nations or as individuals, is one of the
highest functions of civilization." - Abraham Lincoln
"Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition." - Abraham Lincoln
"If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him
that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey
that catches his heart, which, say what you will, is the
great high-road to his reason, and which, when once
gained, you will find but little trouble in convincing his
judgment of the justice of your cause." - Abraham Lincoln
"What is necessary to change a person is to change his
awareness of himself." - Abraham Lincoln
"Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The
shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand
firm." - Abraham Lincoln
"I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best
each and every day." - Abraham Lincoln
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