Abraham Lincoln

"The key to everything is patience. We shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it."

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

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

"Don't criticize them; they are just what we would be under similar circumstances."

"When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion."

"I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down."

"When I do good, I feel good.' When I do bad, I feel bad."

"You can have anything you want if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose."

"Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed."