Abraham Lincoln

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 up to what light I have.

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

Don’t worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.

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

The southern people are just what we would be in their situation.

I am rather inclined to silence.

I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors; and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views.

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it is best to let him run.

I hope peace will come soon, and come to stay; and so come as to be worth the keeping in all future time.

Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a wily agitator who induces him to desert?