A man watches his pear tree day after day, impatient for the ripening of the fruit. Let him attempt to force the process, and he may spoil both fruit and tree. But let him patiently wait, and the ripe pear at length falls into his lap. Abraham Lincoln Read Quote
I don’t know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be. Abraham Lincoln Read Quote
I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow. Abraham Lincoln Read Quote
If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it. Abraham Lincoln Read Quote
I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end… I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me. Abraham Lincoln Read Quote
I care not much for a man’s religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it. Abraham Lincoln Read Quote
The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just. Abraham Lincoln Read Quote
