“I’m a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn’t have the heart to let him down.”
“There are no bad pictures; that’s just how your face looks sometimes.”
“You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry.”
“Tact: the ability to describe others as they see themselves.”
“I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot.”
“When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.”
“Leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done today.”
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
“Every man’s happiness is his own responsibility.”
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”
“I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.”
“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.”
“As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.”
“I leave you, hoping that the lamp of liberty will burn in your bosoms until there shall no longer be a doubt that all men are created free and equal.”
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