All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.

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

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.

Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

I never had a policy, I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.

The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and under the rule of a just God, cannot long retain it.

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.