"A house divided against itself cannot stand."
"All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind."
"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing."
"And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."
"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy."
"Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing."
"My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure."
"When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion."
"I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end."