Quote by Abraham Lincoln
Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be tru

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. – Abraham Lincoln

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What is conservatism? Is it not the adherence to the old and tried against the new and untried? – Abraham Lincoln

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We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But we do assert that the ambition of the individual to obtain for him a proper security is an ambition to be preferred to the appetite for great wealth and great power. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline. – George Eliot

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No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty. – George Eliot

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The great end of life is not knowledge but action. – Francis Bacon

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