Abraham Lincoln Quotes About Leadership
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Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.
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Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
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No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
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A house divided against itself cannot stand.
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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
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Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
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What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.
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Anybody will do for you, but not for me.
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A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.
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Be with a leader when he is right, stay with him when he is still right, but, leave him when he is wrong.
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Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
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When the conduct of men is designed to be influenced, persuasion, kind, unassuming persuasion, should ever be adopted. It is an old and a true maxim, that 'a drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall.'
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If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what's said against me won't amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.
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Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.
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Abraham Lincoln
- Born: February 12, 1809
- Died: April 15, 1865
- Occupation: 16th U.S. President