Abraham Lincoln

"Nearly all men stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." ~ #Lincoln | #PresidentsDay

#Lincoln on The #Bible - "But for this book, we could not know right from wrong."

"Right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant." Martin Luther King, Jr. #MLK

"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other." #Lincoln

"I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go." #Lincoln | #PresidentsDay

“My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side” #Lincoln

"I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life." #Lincoln | #MothersDay

“All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” ― Abraham Lincoln #MothersDay

"Most of us are just about as happy as we make up our minds to be" ~ #Lincoln

“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.” ― Abraham #Lincoln

"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.” ~ #Lincoln

"Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.” ~ #Lincoln

“I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.” —Abraham #Lincoln

“All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” — Abraham #Lincoln

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. #Lincoln

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

“I regard no man as poor who has a godly mother.” - Abraham Lincoln #MothersDay

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. #Lincoln