"I can make brigadier generals, but i..." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln

“Do I not damage my enemies after i make them my close friends?”

“With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds.”

“No State, upon it own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union. Resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally nothing. I therefore consider that the Union is unbroken. There needs to be no bloodshed or violence; and there shall be none, unless forced upon the national authority.”

“Executives owe it to the organization and to their fellow workers not to tolerate nonperforming individuals in important jobs.”

“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.”

“Can you deal with the most vital matters by letting events take their course? Can you step back from you own mind and thus understand all things? Giving birth and nourishing, having without possessing, acting with no expectations, leading and not trying to control: this is the supreme virtue.”

“The truth is, that in London it is always a sickly season. Nobody is healthy in London, nobody can be.”

“I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront to your intelligence.”

“The only thing worse than quoting me, is not quoting me”