About Abraham Lincoln

16th President of the United States who led the nation through the Civil War. (1809-1865)

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• Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.Speech in the U.S. House of Representatives (1848)
• The way for a young man to rise, is to improve himself every way he can, never suspecting that any body wishes to hinder him.Letter to William H. Herndon (1848)
• Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day.Notes for a Law Lecture (c. 1850)
• Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser, in fees, expenses, and waste of time.Notes for a Law Lecture (c. 1850)
• The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.Annual Message to Congress (1862)
• 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.Cooper Union Address (1860)

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• People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.Dale Carnegie
• Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.Dale Carnegie
• Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'Brian Tracy
• Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours.Les Brown
• Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.Earl Nightingale
• People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.Norman Vincent Peale

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