"The power of hope upon human exertion,..." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln
The power of hope upon human exertion, and happiness, is wonderful.
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“Offering thanks in the midst of tragedy is an American tradition, . even during a bloody Civil War.”
“I could not sleep when I got on such a hunt for an idea until I had caught it; ...This was a kind of passion with me, and it has stuck by me; for I am never easy now, when I am handling a thought, till I have bounded it north, and bounded it south, and bounded it east, and bounded it west.”
“As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man.”
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“Wherever I am when you feel sick at heart and weary of life, or when you stumble and fall and don’t know if you can get up again, think of me. I will be watching and smiling and cheering you on.”
“Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.”
“We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.”
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“Joy doesn't exist in the world, it exists in us.”
“Happiness is a state of mind, and depends very little on outward circumstances.”
“I rejoice that liberty . . . now finds an asylum in the bosom of a regularly organized government; a government, which, being formed to secure happiness of the French people, corresponds with the ardent wishes of my heart, while it gratifies the pride of every citizen of the United States, by its resemblance to their own.”