“Whatever you are, be a good one.”
“Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?”
“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”
“My best friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.”
“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.”
“I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.”
“Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”
“I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.”
“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.”
“The best way to predict your future is to create it.”
“The better part of one’s life consists of his friendships.”
“My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side.”
“I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.”
“Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.”
“Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”
“You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry.”
“I will prepare, and someday my chance will come.”
“Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.”
“Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.”
“I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true.”
“I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.”
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
“He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.”
“A house divided against itself cannot stand.”
“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.”
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”
“The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.”
“With malice toward none, with charity for all.”
“To ease another’s heartache is to forget one’s own.”
“No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.”
“We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies.”
“My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.”
“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.”
“It’s not the years in your life that count, it’s the life in your years.”
“I would rather be a little nobody, then to be an evil somebody.”
“If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?”
“I do the very best I know how—the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end.”
“When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That’s my religion.”
“I am not concerned that you have fallen; I am concerned that you arise.”
“The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.”
“Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.”
“You cannot build character and courage by taking away people’s initiative and independence.”
“Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed.”
“Don’t worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.”
“Everybody likes a compliment.”
“What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.”
“The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land.”
“Stand with anybody that stands right; stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.”
“Every man’s happiness is his own responsibility.”
“I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.”