When at last he had begun the practice of law it required no little daring to cast his fortune with the weaker side in politics, and thus imperil what small reputation he had gained.

Only the most sublime moral courage could have sustained him as President to hold his ground against hostile criticism and a long train of disaster; to issue the Emancipation Proclamation; to support Grant and Stanton against the clamor of the politicians and the press; and through it all to do the right as God gave him to see the right.
"Doubt indulged becomes doubt realized." To determine to do anything is half the battle.

"To think a thing is impossible is to make it so." "Courage is victory, timidity is defeat." Don't waste time dreaming of obstacles you may never encounter, or in crossing bridges you have not reached.

Don't fool with a nettle! Grasp with firmness if you would rob it of its sting.

To half will and to hang forever in the balance is to lose your grip on life.
Execute your resolutions immediately.