Abraham Lincoln Quotes, Passion Quotes, Sleep Quotes

I could not sleep when I got on the hunt for an idea, until I had caught it. This was a kind of passion with me, and it has stuck with me.

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It has been said that one bad general is better than two good ones, and the saying is true if taken to mean no more than that an army is better directed by a single mind, though inferior, than by two superior ones at variance and cross-purposes with each other.

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And I do further recommend to my fellow-citizens aforesaid, that on that occasion they do reverently humble themselves in the dust, and from thence offer up penitent and fervent prayers and supplications to the great Disposer of events for a return of the inestimable blessings of peace, union, and harmony throughout the land which it has pleased him to assign as a dwelling-place for ourselves and for our posterity throughout all generations.

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Talk to the jury as though your client's fate depends on every word you utter.

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Nothing is stronger than gentleness.

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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.

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We know nothing of what will happen in future, but by the analogy of experience.

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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.

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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.

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All I have learned, I learned from books.

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That we we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

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I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to the light I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right - stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.

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The Bible is not my book and Christianity is not my religion. I could never give assent to the long complicated statements of Christian dogma.

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I say 'try'; if we never try, we shall never succeed.

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I think that God means that we shall do more than we have yet done in furtherance of his plans and he will open the way for our doing it.

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

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Don't kneel to me, that is not right. You must kneel to God only, and thank Him for the liberty you will hereafter enjoy.

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Laughter can be used to sooth the mind and get rid of those awful thoughts.

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God bless the soldiers and seamen, with all their brave commanders.

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The purposes of the Almighty are perfect, and must prevail, though we erring mortals may fail to accurately perceive them in advance.

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