I walk slowly, but never backwards.
This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it.
You can have anything you want if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.
When arguing with a fool, make sure the opponent isn't doing the exact same thing.
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
History is not history unless it is the truth.
A nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure.
Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.
A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.
Tis better people think you a fool, then open your mouth and erase all doubt.
Nothing is more damaging to you than to do something that you believe is wrong.
The trouble with too many people is they believe the realm of truth always lies within their vision.
What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.
What are you gonna do for a face when the baboon wants his ass back?
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
I do not boast that God is on my side, I humbly pray that I am on God's side.
Commitment is what transforms a promise into a reality... Commitment is the stuff character is made of; the power to change the face of things. It is the daily triumph of integrity over skepticism.
If you trust, you will be disappointed occasionally, but if you mistrust, you will be miserable all the time.
I am busily engaged in the study of the Bible. I believe it is God's word because it finds me where I am.
When I left Springfield [to become President] I asked the people to pray for me. I was not a Christian. When I buried my son, the severest trial of my life, I was not a Christian. But when I went to Gettysburg and saw the graves of thousands of our soldiers, I then and there consecrated myself to Christ.
Life is hard but so very beautiful
The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.
I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races: that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people.
You cannot fail unless you quit.
Faith is not believing that God can, but that God will.
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