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

When I am getting ready to reason with a man,

I spend one third of my time thinking about

myself and what I am going to say and two

thirds about him and what he is going to say.

Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets.

That I am not a member of any Christian church is true;

but I have never denied the truth of the Scriptures,

and I have never spoken with

intentional disrespect of religion in general,

or of any denomination of Christians in particular.

Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes

liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere.

Destroy this spirit and you have planted

the seeds of despotism around your own doors.

Hold on with a bulldog grip,

and chew and choke as much as possible.

Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another,

but let him work diligently and build one for himself,

thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe

from violence when built.

No man is good enough to govern another man

without the other's consent.

Public sentiment is everything.

With public sentiment,

nothing can fail.

Without it,

nothing can succeed.

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

A woman is the only thing

I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.

I do the very best I know how

the very best I can;

and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.

My great concern is not whether you have failed,

but whether you are content with your failure.

How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg?

Four.

Saying that a tail is a leg doesn't make it a leg.

Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?

Be sure you put your feet in the right place,

then stand firm.

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

I am not bound to win,

but I am bound to be true.

I am not bound to succeed,

but I am bound to live by the light that I have.

I must stand with anybody that stands right,

and stand with him while he is right,

and part with him when he goes wrong.

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and

I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow

by evading it today.