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The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.

From Abraham Lincoln

Whatever you are, be a good one.

From Abraham Lincoln

I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.

From Abraham Lincoln

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

From Abraham Lincoln

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

From Abraham Lincoln

If ever I feel the soul within me elevate and expand to those dimensions not wholly unworthy of its Almighty Architect, it is when I contemplate the cause of my country, deserted by all the world beside, and I standing up boldly and lone and hurling defiance at her victorious oppressors.

From Abraham Lincoln

To the best of my judgment, I have labored for, and not against, the Union. As I have not felt, so I have not expressed any harsh sentiment towards our Southern brethren. I have constantly declared, as I really believed, the only difference between them and us is the difference of circumstances.

From Abraham Lincoln