Abraham Lincoln Quotes

And some words from one of my top favorite people ever--Abraham Lincoln! Totally one of the best presidents ever. O Captain, my Captain!

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

-Abraham Lincoln

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

-Abraham Lincoln

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

-Abraham Lincoln

Whatever you are be a good one.
- Abraham Lincoln

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.

-Abraham Lincoln

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

-Abraham Lincoln 

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

-Abraham Lincoln

How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.

-Abraham Lincoln

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.
-Abraham Lincoln

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

-Abraham Lincoln

I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.

-Abraham Lincoln

Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality.

-Abraham Lincoln

I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.

-Abraham Lincoln

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

-Abraham Lincoln

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.

-Abraham Lincoln

The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.

-Abraham Lincoln

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.

-Abraham Lincoln

John Lennon Quotes

 

Some choice quotes from one of my many favorite role models:

Time you enjoyed wasting was not wasted.

-John Lennon

We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it.

-John Lennon

 

 

I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?

-John Lennon

Imbolc, among other things

Hey guys, I hope you all had a wonderful Imbolc! While I was too busy (and exhausted) to do anything special for it (including posting something, unfortunately) I did think about it all day. I thought a lot on the aspects of Brigit and how she is a trifold goddess that encompasses strength, inspiration and motherly love. She is a forge master, and combined with being an excellent muse that indicates that she can be very helpful to authors, poets and other wordsmiths.

( ^^^ I too laugh at the '2st', but it is a nice picture)

Imbolc is a time to reach down into the (mostly frozen, at least where I live) earth and feel the budding excitement of the seeds as life begins to stir beneath the snowy soil. Temperatures will soon give way to life-giving warmth, and the sun continues to regain its hold over the length of the day until midsummer. Days are getting longer, morning commutes brighter, and the bitter cold of winter is fast fading. Now and all through spring we open ourselves up to new endeavors, new hopes, new dreams. We plan for the brighter, warmer future, not just of his year but of our lives, and our new found zeal conjures up fantastical images of the days to come. This is the time to plan new excursions into learning, to do a little spring cleaning not only of our home but our minds as well in order to prepare for all the new adventures and opportunities opening up. We have contemplated ourselves through the time of Yule, and now we cast away what we no longer need or what is merely distracting us from better things. We send out tendrils of anticipation all around us, waiting for the time to shed our coats and spend more time outdoors; the time to stop and smell the roses. As we look forward to Ostara, think about clearing away the clutter of your life. Is there someone who you should devote more attention to? Your daughter, your grandparents, your siblings? Is there something you've wanted to do for yourself but haven;t had to time to yet? Now is when you should plan to do these things, mapping out how and when to get the done. Bake some cookies for your neighbors, surprise a friend, go see a chick flick, whatever it is that will provide you with serenity, clarity of mind and joy.


"...And now for something completely different" -Monty Python
I'm going to start posting a picture-quote from day to day, so to get things started off...

The more you are motivated by love, the more fearless and free your actions will be.

-Katherine Mansfield

As always, blessed be and have a wonderful day, week, month, year, and life!