Abraham Lincoln : Greatest Quotes | Inspirational Life Quotes

[Music] nearly all men can stand adversity but if you want to test a man's character give him power you can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry [Music] you cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today whatever you are be a good one [Music] you have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was i'm a success today because i had a friend who believed in me and i didn't have the heart to let him down the best way to predict your future is to create it

you can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time [Music] do i not destroy my enemies when i make them my friends [Music] it has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues [Music] when i do good i feel good when i do bad i feel bad that's my religion [Music] truth is generally the best vindication against slander [Music] those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves

[Music] i am a slow walker but i never walk back [Music] the best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves be sure you put your feet in the right place then stand firm [Music] character is like a tree and reputation its shadow the shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing [Music] government of the people by the people for the people shall not perish from the earth courage is not the absence of fear

it is going forward with the face of fear [Music] i do the very best i know how the very best i can and i mean to keep on doing so until the end [Music] my great concern is not whether you have failed but whether you're content with your failure no man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar i have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice things may come to those who wait but only the things left by those who hustle when you have got an elephant by the hind

legs and he is trying to run away it's best to let him run he has a right to criticize who has a heart to help give me six hours to chop down a tree and i'll spend the first four sharpening the axe i will prepare and someday my chance will come [Music] in the end it's not the years in your life that count it's the life in your years you