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Thought Quotes by Abraham Lincoln
- The President responded very impressively, saying that he was deeply sensible of his need of Divine assistance. He had sometime thought that perhaps he might…
- Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of purpose between the Almighty and them. To deny it, however, in…
- In those days, our Declaration of Independence was held sacred by all, and thought to include all; but now, to aid in the making the…
- If any personal description of me is thought desirable, it may be said, I am, in height, six feet, four inches, nearly; lean in flesh,…
- I could not sleep when I got on such a hunt for an idea until I had caught it; ...This was a kind of passion…
- If we exchange one dollar, we both have one dollar each. But if we exchange one good thought, we both have two good thoughts
- Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
- My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
- All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.
- I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought…
- Women are the only people I am afraid of who I never thought would hurt me
- I have always thought that all men should be free; but if any should be slaves, it should be first those who desire for themselves,…
- There's no honorable way to kill, no gentle way to destroy. There is nothing good in war. Except its ending.
- Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all.
- Die when I may, I want it said by those who knew me best that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where…
- It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
More Thought Quotes
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- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- High thoughts must have high language. — Aristophanes
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
- If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when… — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason… — Aristotle
- Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of not. — Richard Armour
- I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Through my illness I learned rejection. I was written off. That was the moment I thought, Okay, game on. No prisoners. Everybody's… — Lance Armstrong
- I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium. — Neil Armstrong
- Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily. It must be worked for, studied for, thought for,… — Thomas Arnold