“People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” 
 –Abraham Lincoln

“That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.”  –Abraham Lincoln

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.  –Abraham Lincoln

A drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall. So with men. If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey which catches his heart, which, say what he will , is the highroad to his reason.

Abraham Lincoln