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"People are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." -
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Abraham Lincoln
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Top 5 quotes from Abraham Lincoln
"If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide."
"Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us."
"As President, I have no eyes but constitutional eyes; I cannot see you."
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."
"I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for the day."
Top 5 quotes from Happiness
"There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning."
"Some men would rather pursue happiness than obtain it."
"Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness."
"Think of all the beauty that's still left in and around you, and be happy."
"Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must."
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