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

The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much;

if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.

Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very';

your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.

I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell

you see, I have friends in both places.

When in doubt tell the truth.

I do not believe in the God of theology

who rewards good and punishes evil.

The world is a dangerous place to live;

not because of the people who are evil,

but because of the people who don't do anything about it.

We cannot solve our problems

with the same thinking we used when we created them.

Extemporaneous speaking should be practiced and cultivated.

It is the lawyer's avenue to the public.

However able and faithful he may be in other respects,

people are slow to bring him business if he cannot make a speech.

Slavery is founded in the selfishness of man's nature

opposition to it is his love of justice.

These principles are an eternal antagonism;

and when brought into collision so fiercely,

as slavery extension brings them,

shocks and throes and convulsions must ceaselessly follow.

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.

If I were to try to read,

much less answer,

all the attacks made on me,

this shop might as well be closed for any other business.

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.

If ever I feel the soul within me elevate and expand to

those dimensions not wholly unworthy of its Almighty Architect,

it is when I contemplate the cause of my country,

deserted by all the world beside,

and I standing up boldly and lone

and hurling defiance at her victorious oppressors.

If there is anything that a man can do well,

I say let him do it.

Give him a chance.

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.

He has a right to criticize,

who has a heart to help.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place,

then stand firm.

New markets could be created by rural potentials,

which could lead to rise in the employment.