Meditation Quotes

I have said a hundred times,

and I have no inclination to take it back,

that I believe there is no right,

and ought to be no inclination in the people

of the free States to enter into the slave States,

and to interfere with the question of slavery at all.

I have said that always.

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office

Human decency is not derived from religion.

It precedes it.

Human beings must have action;

and they will make it if they cannot find it.

Wisdom comes alone through suffering.

Courage is not the absence of fear,

but the ability to act in spite of it.

Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world.

I know because I've done it thousands of times.

Let your Discourse with Men of Business

be Short and Comprehensive.

Never give in except to

Convictions of honor

And good sense.

God, our Creator,

has stored within

our minds and

personalities

great potential strength.

and ability

Prayer helps us

tap and develop

these powers.

Speak softly and carry a big stick;

you will go far.

All right,

then,

I'll go to hell.

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.

You’re my boy,

Blue!

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight

it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

Every race is a chance to improve.

No sanction can stand against ignited minds.

The time comes upon every public man

when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.

Thanksgiving just gets me

all warm and tingly and

all kinds of wonderful inside.

I perhaps ought to say that individually

I never was much interested in the Texas question.

I never could see much good to come of annexation,

inasmuch as they were already

a free republican people on our own model.