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.
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Abraham LincolnLetter to William H. Herndon (1848)
About Abraham Lincoln
16th President of the United States who led the nation through the Civil War. (1809-1865)
More from Abraham Lincoln
- Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed, is more important than any other one thing.Letter to Isham Reavis (1855)
- 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)
- 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)
More quotes on learning and wisdom
- For the things we have to learn before we can do, we learn by doing.Aristotle
- The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.Aristotle
- Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.Plato
- The unexamined life is not worth living for men.Socrates
- Anyone who holds a true opinion without understanding is like a blind man on the right road.Socrates
- Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.Confucius
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