I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
Abraham Lincoln

Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
Winston Churchill

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.
Winston Churchill

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
Abraham Lincoln

Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.
Thomas Jefferson

Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.
Abraham Lincoln

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
Abraham Lincoln

The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
Abraham Lincoln

Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it.
Mark Twain

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
Oscar Wilde

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.
Oscar Wilde

Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.
Ronald Reagan

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.
Confucius

Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.
Oscar Wilde

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
Mark Twain

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.
Oscar Wilde

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a man's last romance.
Oscar Wilde

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.
Oscar Wilde

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.
Oscar Wilde

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
Oscar Wilde