#never

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#consideration #could #deserves #existed #first

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#confidence #esteem #forfeit #never #once

This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#belongs #constitutional #constitutional right #country #exercise

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#every #him #himself #hinder #improve

I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#i #never #slow #walk #walker

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#day #each #every #every day #had

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#arguing #feel #hear #him #i

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#i #never #slowly #walk

Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#found #litigation #man #never #scarcely

One can never pay in gratitude: one can only pay 'in kind' somewhere else in life. ↗

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

#gratitude #kind #life #never #only