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Peace does not appear so distant as it did. I hope it will come soon, and come to stay; and so come as to be worth the keeping in all future time.

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I have neither time nor disposition to enter into discussion with the Friend, and end this occasion by suggesting for her consideration the question whether, if it be true that the Lord has appointed me to do the work she has indicated, it is not probable that he would have communicated knowledge of the fact to me as well as to her.

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When I lay down the reins of this administration, I want to have one friend left. And that friend is myself.

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There is nothing true anywhere, The true is nowhere to be seen; If you say you see the true, This seeing is not the true one.

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I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.

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If there is a worse place than Hell, I am in it.

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The loss of enemies does not compensate for the loss of friends.

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It is much easier to ride a horse in the direction it is going.

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Take all that you can of this book upon reason, and the balance on faith, and you will live and die a happier man. (When a skeptic expressed surprise to see him reading a Bible)

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The purposes of the Almighty are perfect, and must prevail, though we erring mortals may fail to accurately perceive them in advance.

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Don't be fooled. I kept all my workout clothes in that top hat.

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You cannot fail unless you quit.

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Character is the tree, reputation is the shadow.

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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.

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If you are resolutely determined to make a lawyer of yourself, the thing is more than half done already. It is but a small matter whether you read with anyone or not. I did not read with anyone. Get the books, and read and study them till you understand them in their principal features; and that is the main thing. It is of no consequence to be in a large town while you are reading. I read at New Salem, which never had three hundred people living in it. The books, and your capacity for understanding them, are just the same in all places.

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There is more involved in this contest than is realized by every one. There is involved in this struggle the question whether your children and my children shall enjoy the privileges we have enjoyed.

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We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.

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Were it not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this office.

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There's no honorable way to kill, no gentle way to destroy. There is nothing good in war. Except its ending.

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My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.

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