Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention.
Abraham Lincoln (1809 ~ 1865), in a letter to J. M. Cutts, October 26, 1863
When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion.
Abraham Lincoln (1809 ~ 1865), (attributed)
The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.
Abraham Lincoln (1809 ~ 1865)
Whatever you are, be a good one.
Abraham Lincoln (1809 ~ 1865)
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
Abraham Lincoln (1809 ~ 1865)
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Abraham Lincoln (1809 ~ 1865)
It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.
Abraham Lincoln (1809 ~ 1865)
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
Abraham Lincoln (1809 ~ 1865)
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 ~ 1968), Strength to Love, 1963
Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 ~ 1968), Strength to Love, 1963
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 ~ 1968), Strength to Love, 1963
I submit to you that if a man hasn^t discovered something he will die for, he isn^t fit to live.
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 ~ 1968), Speech in Detroit, June 23, 1963
The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 ~ 1968), ^Strength to Love^
When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 ~ 1968)
Ten thousand fools proclaim themselves into obscurity, while one wise man forgets himself into immortality.
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 ~ 1968)
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 ~ 1968)
Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. Hate destroys a man^s sense of values and his objectivity. It causes him to describe the beautiful as ugly and the ugly as beautiful, and to confuse the true with the false and the false with the true.
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 ~ 1968)
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 ~ 1968)