"The occasion is piled high with difficulty...." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln

“The human mind is impelled to action, or held in rest by some power, over which the mind itself has no control.”

“I never trusted a man who never smoked or drank.”

“True patriotism is better than the wrong kind of piety.”

“Easy roads make sleepy travellers.”

“Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down”

“Reading put perspective to any challenge I was facing and made me see that extraordinary people usually had extraordinary pain, difficulties or injustices. That's part of why they have the drive and hunger to do good in the world, to make something happen.”

“The very highest is barely known.Then comes that which people know and love,Then that which is feared,Then that which is despised.Who does not trust enough will not be trusted.”

“I say that every prince must desire to be considered merciful and not cruel. He must, however, take care not to misuse this mercifulness.”

“This lady is not for turning.”