10000+ Motivational and Inspiring Quotes About Life, Love & Success

It is with your aid, as the people,

that I think we shall be able to preserve

not the country, for the country will preserve itself,

but the institutions of the country

those institutions which have made us free,

intelligent and happy the most free, the most intelligent,

and the happiest people on the globe.

The way for a young man to rise

is to improve himself in every way he can,

never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.

I believe it is universally understood and acknowledged

that all men will ever act correctly,

unless they have a motive to do otherwise.

A man watches his pear tree day after day,

impatient for the ripening of the fruit.

Let him attempt to force the process,

and he may spoil both fruit and tree.

But let him patiently wait,

and the ripe pear at length falls into his lap.

We think the Dred Scott decision is erroneous.

We know the court that made it has

often overruled its own decisions,

and we shall do what we can to have it overrule this.

The time comes upon every public man

when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.

I want it said of me by those who knew me best,

that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower

where I thought a flower would grow.

Discourage litigation.

Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can.

As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of

being a good man.

There will still be business enough.

New markets could be created by rural potentials,

which could lead to rise in the employment.

One of the more difficult tasks for me as president

was to decide on the issue of confirming capital punishment

awarded by courts... to my surprise...

almost all cases which were pending had a social

and economic bias.

Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow,

half hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.

Where there is righteousness in the heart,

there is beauty in the character.

When there is beauty in the character,

there is harmony in the home.

When there is harmony in the home,

there is order in the nation.

When there is order in the nation,

there is peace in the world.

I rememeber one time we were getting ready to go to South America

and everything was packed up and in the car ready to go and

I hid and I was crying because I really did not want to go,

I wanted to play.

I did not want to go.

Fashion is the adornment of the soul;

it reveals one’s character and taste.

Courage,

my friends;

it is never too late to seek a better life.

There is nothing new except what has been forgotten.

If the doors of perception were cleansed,

everything would appear to man as it is: infinite.

Rebellion is the path to self

discovery.

Don’t let society define who you are.

You can observe a lot just by watching.