Spped Quotes

The alternate domination of one faction over another,

sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension,

which in different ages and countries has perpetrated

the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism.

But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism.

Sometimes your best investments are the ones you don’t make.

There are no secrets to success.

It is the result of preparation,

hard work,

and learning from failure.

Not all of us can do great things.

But we can do small things with great love.

We should take care not to make the intellect our goal;

it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.

Nothing in life is to be feared;

it is only to be understood.

I’m tough because the world is tough.

Stay hungry,

stay foolish.

No one has ever become poor by giving.

Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.

Man needs

His difficulties

Because they are

Necessary to

Enjoy success

Act only according to that maxim whereby you can,

at the same time,

will that it should become a universal law.

Stay focused,

and don’t let pressure get to you.

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

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.

Do I contradict myself?

Very well,

then I contradict myself,

I am large,

I contain multitudes.

God cannot use you as He wishes until you come

into the fullness of His Glory, Do not get alarmed,

my friend,

when doubts creep in.

That is old Satan.

Pray,

pray,

pray.

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are.

Your work is to discover your world

and then with all your heart give yourself to it.

Trust is earned,

not given.