Abe's Adages: Week 21
On Flexibility:
"I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors; and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views."
Source: Gene Griessman, The Words Lincoln Lived By
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Saturday, September 9, 2017
Saturday, August 19, 2017
Abe's Adages 08/19/17
Abe's Adages: Week 20
On Compromise:
"The spirit of concession and compromise -- that spirit which has never failed us in past perils -- may be safely trusted for all the future."
Source: Gene Griessman, The Words Lincoln Lived By
On Compromise:
"The spirit of concession and compromise -- that spirit which has never failed us in past perils -- may be safely trusted for all the future."
Source: Gene Griessman, The Words Lincoln Lived By
Sunday, July 30, 2017
Abe's Adages 07/30/17
Abe's Adages: Week 19
On Focus:
"I know that general reading broadens the mind--makes it universal, but if never makes a precise deep clear mind."
Source: Gene Griessman, The Words Lincoln Lived By
On Focus:
"I know that general reading broadens the mind--makes it universal, but if never makes a precise deep clear mind."
Source: Gene Griessman, The Words Lincoln Lived By
Monday, July 24, 2017
Abe's Adages 07/24/17
Abe's Adages: Week 18
On Communication:
"I determined to be so clear that no honest man could misunderstand me and no dishonest one could successfully misrepresent me."
Source: Gene Griessman, The Words Lincoln Lived By
On Communication:
"I determined to be so clear that no honest man could misunderstand me and no dishonest one could successfully misrepresent me."
Source: Gene Griessman, The Words Lincoln Lived By
Saturday, July 8, 2017
Abe's Adages 07/08/17
Abe's Adages: Week 17
On Responsibility:
"I am here; I must do the best I can, and bear the responsibility of taking the course which I feel I ought to take."
Source: Gene Griessman, The Words Lincoln Lived By
On Responsibility:
"I am here; I must do the best I can, and bear the responsibility of taking the course which I feel I ought to take."
Source: Gene Griessman, The Words Lincoln Lived By
Sunday, June 11, 2017
Abe's Adages 06/11/17
Abe's Adages: Week 16
On Justice:
"The severest justice may not always be the best policy."
Source: Gene Griessman, The Words Lincoln Lived By
On Justice:
"The severest justice may not always be the best policy."
Source: Gene Griessman, The Words Lincoln Lived By
Saturday, June 3, 2017
Abe's Adages 06/03/17
Abe's Adages: Week 15
On Influence:
"If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey that catches his heart, which...when once gained, you will find but little trouble in convincing his judgment of the justice of your cause."
Source: Gene Griessman, The Words Lincoln Lived By
On Influence:
"If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey that catches his heart, which...when once gained, you will find but little trouble in convincing his judgment of the justice of your cause."
Source: Gene Griessman, The Words Lincoln Lived By
Sunday, May 14, 2017
Abe's Adages 05/14/17
Abe's Adages: Week 14
On Self-Preservation:
"I have found that when one is embarrassed, usually the shortest way to get through with it is to quit talking about it or thinking about it, and go at something else."
Source: Gene Griessman, The Words Lincoln Lived By
On Self-Preservation:
"I have found that when one is embarrassed, usually the shortest way to get through with it is to quit talking about it or thinking about it, and go at something else."
Source: Gene Griessman, The Words Lincoln Lived By
Sunday, May 7, 2017
Abe's Adages 05/07/17
Abe's Adages: Week 13
On Tenacity:
"I expect to maintain this contest until successful, or till I die, or am conquered, or my term expires, or Congress or the country forsakes me."
Source: Gene Griessman, The Words Lincoln Lived By
On Tenacity:
"I expect to maintain this contest until successful, or till I die, or am conquered, or my term expires, or Congress or the country forsakes me."
Source: Gene Griessman, The Words Lincoln Lived By
Sunday, April 30, 2017
Abe's Adages 04/30/17
Abe's Adages: Week 12
On Assertiveness:
"You must not wait to brought forward by the older men...Do you suppose that I should ever have got into notice if I had waited to be hunted up and pushed forward by older men?"
Source: Gene Griessman, The Words Lincoln Lived By
On Assertiveness:
"You must not wait to brought forward by the older men...Do you suppose that I should ever have got into notice if I had waited to be hunted up and pushed forward by older men?"
Source: Gene Griessman, The Words Lincoln Lived By
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Abe's Adages 04/26/17
Abe's Adages: Week 11
On Vision:
"If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it."
Source: Gene Griessman, The Words Lincoln Lived By
On Vision:
"If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it."
Source: Gene Griessman, The Words Lincoln Lived By
Sunday, April 9, 2017
Abe's Adages 04/09/17
Abe's Adages: Week 10
On Curiosity:
"I know of nothing so pleasant to the mind, as the discovery of anything that is at once new and valuable."
Source: Gene Griessman, The Words Lincoln Lived By
On Curiosity:
"I know of nothing so pleasant to the mind, as the discovery of anything that is at once new and valuable."
Source: Gene Griessman, The Words Lincoln Lived By
Friday, March 31, 2017
Abe's Adages 03/31/17
Abe's Adages: Week 9
On Diligence:
"Half finished work generally proves to be labor lost."
Source: Gene Griessman, The Words Lincoln Lived By
On Diligence:
"Half finished work generally proves to be labor lost."
Source: Gene Griessman, The Words Lincoln Lived By
Thursday, March 23, 2017
Abe's Adages 03/23/17
Abe's Adages: Week 8
On Work:
"The mode is very simple, though laborious and tedious. It is only to get the books, and read, and study them carefully...Work, work, work is the main thing."
Source: Gene Griessman, The Words Lincoln Lived By
On Work:
"The mode is very simple, though laborious and tedious. It is only to get the books, and read, and study them carefully...Work, work, work is the main thing."
Source: Gene Griessman, The Words Lincoln Lived By
Monday, March 13, 2017
Abe's Adages 03/13/17
Abe's Adages: Week 7
On Time Management:
"This habit of uselessly wasting time is the whole difficulty; and it is vastly important...that you should break this habit."
Source: Gene Griessman, The Words Lincoln Lived By
On Time Management:
"This habit of uselessly wasting time is the whole difficulty; and it is vastly important...that you should break this habit."
Source: Gene Griessman, The Words Lincoln Lived By
Sunday, March 12, 2017
Abe's Adages 03/12/17
Abe's Adages: Week 6
On Magnanimity:
"With malice toward none.."
Source: Gene Griessman, The Words Lincoln Lived By
On Magnanimity:
"With malice toward none.."
Source: Gene Griessman, The Words Lincoln Lived By
Sunday, March 5, 2017
Abe's Adages 03/05/17
Abe's Adages: Week 5
On Patience:
"Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time. If there be an object to hurry any of you, in hot haste, to a step which you would never take deliberately, that object will be frustrated by takiing time; but no good object can be frustrated by it."
Source: Gene Griessman, The Words Lincoln Lived By
On Patience:
"Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time. If there be an object to hurry any of you, in hot haste, to a step which you would never take deliberately, that object will be frustrated by takiing time; but no good object can be frustrated by it."
Source: Gene Griessman, The Words Lincoln Lived By
Monday, February 20, 2017
Abe's Adages 02/20/17
Abe's Adages: Week 4
On Morality:
"The true rule, in determining to embrace or reject any thing, is not whether it has any evil in it; but whether it has more of evil than of good. There are few things wholly evil or wholly good. Almost every thing...is an inseparable compound of the two, so that our best judgment of the preponderance between them is continually demanded."
Source: Gene Griessman, The Words Lincoln Lived By
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On Morality:
"The true rule, in determining to embrace or reject any thing, is not whether it has any evil in it; but whether it has more of evil than of good. There are few things wholly evil or wholly good. Almost every thing...is an inseparable compound of the two, so that our best judgment of the preponderance between them is continually demanded."
Source: Gene Griessman, The Words Lincoln Lived By
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Monday, February 13, 2017
Abe's Adages 02/13/17
Abe's Adages: Week 3
On Honesty:
"I have always wanted to deal with everyone I meet candidly and honestly. If I have made any assertion not warranted by facts, and it is pointed out to me, I will withdraw it cheerfully."
Source: Gene Griessman, The Words Lincoln Lived By
On Honesty:
"I have always wanted to deal with everyone I meet candidly and honestly. If I have made any assertion not warranted by facts, and it is pointed out to me, I will withdraw it cheerfully."
Source: Gene Griessman, The Words Lincoln Lived By
Monday, February 6, 2017
Abe's Adages 02/06/17
Abe's Adages: Week 2
On Courage:
"Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the Government, nor of dungeons to ourselves. Let us have faith that right makes might; and in that faith, let us,to the end, dare to do our duty, as we understand it."
Source: Gene Griessman, The Words Lincoln Lived By
On Courage:
"Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the Government, nor of dungeons to ourselves. Let us have faith that right makes might; and in that faith, let us,to the end, dare to do our duty, as we understand it."
Source: Gene Griessman, The Words Lincoln Lived By
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