People & Quotes – Happy Birthday Mr. Lincoln

On By TimelessladyIn People

“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. ~ Abraham Lincoln”

Abraham Lincoln

“And in the end it is not the years in your life that count, it’s the life in your years.”

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Photograph courtesy of WetCanvas and VMRS

“I’m a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn’t have the heart to let him down.”

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Photograph courtesy of Flickr and Gage Skidmore

“I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.”

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Photograph courtesy of Flickr and Gage Skidmore

“I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.”

11 thoughts on “People & Quotes – Happy Birthday Mr. Lincoln”

  3. seeing how you are the more creative between the two of us, here’s a Quote from a famous singer/comedian/entertainer of the 1930’s I believe he was…

    “Too many people spend money they haven’t earned to buy things they don’t want to impress people they don’t like.”

    Will Rogers

    copied from: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/w/will_rogers.html

    He has many many Quotes that are as true today, as they were they day he said them….

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