That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
Abraham LincolnTag: success abraham-lincoln
When Lincoln was asked if God was on the Union’s side, Lincoln’s unvarying response was that what was really important was whether they were on God’s side.
Joe L. WheelerTag: history god faith abraham-lincoln
Lincoln grew immeasurably as he came to think of himself as an “instrument of God’s will.
Joe L. WheelerTag: god courage faith abraham-lincoln
Man’s glory lies not, Lincoln thought, in ‘his goodness,’ for this is often nonexistent. He derives glory, instead, from his being made in the image of the Living God.
Joe L. WheelerTag: god faith goodness abraham-lincoln
I know not how to aid you, save in the assurance of one of mature age, and much severe experience, that you can not fail, if you resolutely determine, that you will not.
Abraham LincolnTag: inspirational abraham-lincoln
The bottom half of the page had descended into a doodle of a tiny man giving the middle finger to a giant, angry eagle with razor-sharp talons. Beneath it, the caption: To Mock a Killing Bird.
Seth Grahame-SmithTag: funny abraham-lincoln vampire-hunter
He was a secretive man, who kept his own counsel. He was an ambitious man of humble origins, with colossal designs on the future. And it would always be advantageous not to be closely known, never to be transparent. Passing a farmer on a day, he would tip his hat and grin. Everybody knew him. Nobody knew him. He would play the fool, the clown, the melancholy poet dying for love, the bumpkin. He would take the world by stealth and not by storm. He would disarm enemies by his apparent naiveté, by seeming pleasantly harmless. He would go to such lengths in making fun of his own appearance that others felt obliged to defend it. -Daniel Mark Epstein.
Daniel Mark EpsteinTag: abraham-lincoln
Not married until 33, Abraham Lincoln said, "A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that cannot hurt me.
Shelby FooteTag: marriage abraham-lincoln singleness abraham-lincoln-quotes
A visitor asked Lincoln what good news he could take home from an audience with the august executive. The president spun a story about a machine that baffled a chess champion by beating him thrice. The stunned champ cried while inspecting the machine, "There's a man in there!"Lincoln's good news, he confided from the heights of leadership, was that there was in fact a man in there.
Shelby FooteTag: compassion humility leadership abraham-lincoln american-civil-war fallibility abraham-lincoln-quotes
A farce or comedy is best played; a tragedy is best read at home.
Abraham LincolnTag: tragedy comedy abraham-lincoln farce
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