"The worst thing you can do for..." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln
The worst thing you can do for anyone you care about is anything that they can do on their own.
More by Abraham Lincoln
“A fellow once came to me to ask for an appointment as a minister abroad. Finding he could not get that, he came down to some more modest position. Finally, he asked to be made a tide-waiter. When he saw he could not get that, he asked me for an old pair of trousers. It is sometimes well to be humble.”
“I am now the most miserable man living. If what I feel equally distributed to the whole human family, there would not be one cheerful face on the earth. Whether I shall ever be better, I cannot tell; I awfully forebode I shall not. To remain as I am is impossible. I must die or be better, it appears to me.”
“Labor is superior to capital and precedes capital. Without labor, there is no capital.”
More on Independence
“To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude.”
“There is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.”
“There are fashions in reading, even in thinking. You don't have to follow them unless you want to. On the other hand, watch out. Don't stick too closely to your favorite subject. That would keep you from adventuring into other fields. It's silly to build a wall around your interests.”
More on Growth
“I do hope that young men and women will start to think for themselves and start to take responsibility for their own thoughts.”
“The more you do, the more you fail. The more you fail, the more you learn. The more you learn, the better you get.”
“Learning is a constant process of discovery - a process without end.”