Every man’s happiness is his own responsibility.
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
It’s not me who can’t keep a secret. It’s the people I tell that can’t.
I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being.
He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
I care not for a man’s religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.
The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he made so many of them.
You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.
If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.
Elections belong to the people. It’s their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
The better part of one’s life consists of his friendships.
It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.
You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry.
I am not concerned that you have fallen – I am concerned that you arise.