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Rather Quotes by Abraham Lincoln
- Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive; and the other would accept war rather than…
- I have never had a feeling, politically, that did not spring from the Declaration of Independence that all should have an equal chance. This is…
- You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm.
- The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us…
- We have all heard of Young America. He is the most current youth of the age. Some think him conceited, and arrogant; but has he…
- Being President is like the man who was tarred and feathered and ridden out of town on a rail... A man in the crowd asked…
- It is rather for us here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that…
- My father taught me to work, but not to love it. I never did like to work, and I don't deny it. I'd rather read,…
- I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody.
- I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who…
- My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. I never did like to work, and I don't deny it.…
More Rather Quotes
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we… — Aristotle
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals,… — Aristotle
- Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the… — Mahmoud Abbas
- Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their… — Karen Armstrong
- We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus;… — Karen Armstrong
- Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the… — Karen Armstrong
- The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet and our visions go rather further… — Neil Armstrong
- The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing. — Isaac Asimov