“The farmers who were hiring Lincoln complained that he was lazy, “awful lazy.” He admitted it. “My father taught me to work,” he said, “but he never taught me to love it.”
― Lincoln The Unknown
― Lincoln The Unknown
“Lincoln did not belong to any church, and avoided religious discussions even with his best friends. However, he once told Herndon that his religious code was like that of an old man named Glenn, in Indiana, whom he had heard speak at a church meeting, and who said: “When I do good, I feel good, when I do bad I feel bad, and that's my religion.”
― Lincoln The Unknown
― Lincoln The Unknown
“The biggest wall you have to climb is the one you build in your mind: Never let your mind talk you out of your dreams, trick you into giving up. Never let your mind become the greatest obstacle to success. To get your mind on the right track, the rest will follow.”
― The Light in the Heart
― The Light in the Heart
“You cannot change anyone, but you can be the reason someone changes.”
― The Light in the Heart
― The Light in the Heart
“Do not ask directly when you find something unusual in someone, and do not respond quickly when someone speaks unusually.”
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