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Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves. - Abraham Lincoln

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Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

Abraham Lincoln

Biography

Author Profession: President

Nationality: American

Born: February 12, 1809

Died: April 15, 1865

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Related Authors

Thomas Jefferson, John F. Kennedy, Theodore Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, George Washington, Barack Obama, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Ability, Describe, Others, See, Tact, Themselves

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All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. - Abraham Lincoln

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. Abraham Lincoln

Mother, Mother's Day, I Am

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. - Abraham Lincoln

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. Abraham Lincoln

Power, Adversity, Give

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

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

Mother's Day, Always

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. - Abraham Lincoln

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. Abraham Lincoln

Future, Responsibility

I am a slow walker, but I never walk back. - Abraham Lincoln

I am a slow walker, but I never walk back. Abraham Lincoln

I Am, Never, Slow

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm. - Abraham Lincoln

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm. Abraham Lincoln

Strength, Feet, Firm

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. Abraham Lincoln

Character, Shadow, Think

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. - Abraham Lincoln

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. Abraham Lincoln

Give, Hours, Six

Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition. - Abraham Lincoln

Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition. Abraham Lincoln

Recognition, Worry, Strive

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. Abraham Lincoln

Freedom, Lose, Will

When I do good I feel good, when I do bad I feel bad, and that’s my religion. - Abraham Lincoln

When I do good I feel good, when I do bad I feel bad, and that’s my religion. Abraham Lincoln

Religion, Feel Good, Bad

Slavery is founded in the selfishness of man's nature - opposition to it is his love of justice. These principles are an eternal antagonism; and when brought into collision so fiercely, as slavery extension brings them, shocks and throes and convulsions must ceaselessly follow. Abraham Lincoln

Love, Extension, Brought

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth. - Abraham Lincoln

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth. Abraham Lincoln

Patriotism, Will, Last

Whatever you are, be a good one. - Abraham Lincoln

Whatever you are, be a good one. Abraham Lincoln

Good, You, Whatever

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