My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
— Abraham Lincoln
How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn't make it a leg.
You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
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 by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.
If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.
