You are young, and I am older; You are hopeful, I am not- Enjoy life, ere it grow colder- Pluck the roses… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Let no young man choosing the law for a calling for a moment yield to the popular belief -- resolve to be… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
And you are entirely free from head-ache? That is good -- good -- considering it is the first spring you have been… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
We have all heard of Young America. He is the most current youth of the age. Some think him conceited, and arrogant;… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
There may sometimes be ungenerous attempts to keep a young man down; and they will succeed too, if he allows his mind… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Twenty-two years ago Judge [then-Senator Stephen] Douglas and I first became acquainted. We were both young then; he a trifle younger than… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The petition of persons under eighteen, praying that I would free all slave children, and the heading of which petition it appears… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Young man, if God gives me four years more to rule this country, I believe it will become what it ought to… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Extemporaneous speaking should be practised [sic] and cultivated. It is the lawyer's avenue to the public. However able and faithful he may… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Next came the Patent laws. These began in England in 1624; and, in this country, with the adoption of our constitution. Before then [these?],… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
While the people retain their virtue and vigilance, no administration, by any extreme of wickedness or folly, can very seriously injure the government in… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together in bonds of fraternal… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If you wish to be a lawyer, attach no consequence to the place you are in, or the person you are with; but get… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
As we keep or break the Sabbath Day we nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope by which man rises. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
We know, Southern men declare that their slaves are better off than hired laborers amongst us. How little they know, whereof they speak! There… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I am glad to see that a system of labor prevails under which laborers can strike when they want to. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
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