Happy Birthday Abraham Lincoln

On this the 200th birthday of Abraham Lincoln, instead of speaking about him, let's allow him to once more speak to us:

"I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day."

"Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed."

"The probability that we may fall in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just."

"What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried?"

"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing."

"I will prepare and some day my chance will come."

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Whatever you are, be a good one. You may deceive all the people part of the time, and part of the people all the time, but not all the people all the time."

"You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today."