You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.”— Abraham Lincoln14.“A day spent helping no one but yourself is a day wasted.”— Abraham Lincoln15.“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.”— Abraham Lincoln16.“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”— Abraham Lincoln17.“I would rather be a little nobody, than to be a evil somebody.”— Abraham Lincoln18.“If we exchange one dollar, we both have one dollar each. You cannot now believe that you will ever feel better. On Showing Strength in Leadership “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power”. All the good the Savior gave to the world was communicated through this book.”“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.”“It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.”“Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.”“I laugh because I must not cry, that is all, that is all.”“Wanting to work is so rare a merit that it should be encouraged.”“Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.”“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”“My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.”“Human action can be modified to some extent, but human nature cannot be changed.”“I would rather be a little nobody, then to be an evil somebody.”“Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. “Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln(1832-1865) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)”, p.501, ReadHowYouWant.com That’s my religion.”“I am a firm believer in the people. Give him a chance.”“I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.”“I have stepped out upon this platform that I may see you and that you may see me, and in the arrangement, I have the best of the bargain.”“My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.”“I care not for a man’s religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.”“Perhaps a man’s character was like a tree and his reputation like a shadow; the shadow is what we think of it, the tree is like the real thing.”“Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves.”“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.”“Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.”“No man is good enough to govern another man without the other’s consent.”“It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.”“I have not permitted myself, gentlemen, to conclude that I am the best man in the country; but I am reminded, in this connection, of a story of an old Dutch farmer who remarked to a companion once that ‘it was not best to swap horses while crossing streams’.”“Slavery is founded in the selfishness of man’s nature – opposite to it, in his love of justice.”“The United States government must not undertake to run the Churches. Few presidents are hailed for their leadership skills as much and as often as Abraham Lincon. But this is not true. Labor is the superior of capital and deserves much the higher consideration.”“When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two-thirds of the time thinking about what they want to hear and one-third thinking about what I want to say.”“All I ask for the negro is that if you do not like him, let him alone. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. He was the only American who takes his nation rid of slavery. Courage is not the absence of fear. In the present civil war it is quite possible that God’s purpose is something different from the purpose of either party – and yet the human instrumentalities, working just as they do, are of the best adaptation to effect His purpose.” He is the man who served America for 4 years as a president. Without it, nothing can succeed.Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality.Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.“Be with a leader when he is right, stay with him when he is still right, but, leave him when he is wrong.Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing.To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.Adhere to your purpose and you will soon feel as well as you ever did. On the contrary, if you falter, and give up, you will lose the power of keeping any resolution and will regret it all your life.”“The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.”“Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?”“Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.”“Fog rolling over a pine forest in the Appalachian Mountains“If we have no friends, we have no pleasure; and if we have them, we are sure to lose them, and be doubly pained by the loss.”“What is conservatism?