Abraham Quotes - Page 11

• Abraham Lincoln suggested never presume to know what God's will is, and I would never presume to know God's will or to speak God's words.

  Sarah Palin

  Speak, Knowing God, Knows

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I also know that every person faces adversity in life. Abraham Lincoln held this seat in Congress in one term. But few faced as many defeats in his personal, business and public life as he did.

  Aaron Schock

  Adversity, Faces, Defeat

  "Disgraced Rep. Aaron Schock Compares Himself To Lincoln In Farewell Speech" by Laura Barron-Lopez, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 26, 2015.

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• The Civil Rights movement should thank God for Bull Connor. He's helped it as much as Abraham Lincoln.

  John F. Kennedy

  Rights, Thank God, Movement

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• Most of the leading figures of the Old Testament were polygamists. Abraham had several wives and concubines. If they wanted, they could say this was approved in the Bible.

  Desmond Tutu

  Wife, Old Testament, Figures

  Source: theislamicmonthly.com

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• I've just always had a personal fascination with the myth of Abraham Lincoln. And once you start to read about him and the Civil War and everything leading up to the Civil War, you start to understand that the myth is created when we think we understand a character and we reduce him to a kind of cultural national stereotype.

  Steven Spielberg

  War, Character, Thinking

  "Steven Spielberg And Daniel Day-Lewis Talk 'Lincoln'". Interview with Roth Cornet, screenrant.com. November 26, 2012.

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• There's been more written about Lincoln than movies made about him or television portraying him. He's kind of a stranger to our industry, to this medium. You have to go back to the 1930s to find a movie that's just about Abraham Lincoln. I just found that my fascination with Lincoln, which started as a child, got to the point where after reading so much about him I thought there was a chance to tell a segment of his life to to moviegoers.

  Steven Spielberg

  Children, Reading, Fascination

  "Steven Spielberg And Daniel Day-Lewis Talk 'Lincoln'". Interview with Roth Cornet, screenrant.com. November 26, 2012.

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• As for me, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are now only the subtlest imaginable essences, which would not stain the morning sky.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Bible, Morning, Essence

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• The blood of Abraham, God's father of the chosen, still flows in the veins of Arab, Jew, and Christian, and too much of it has been spilled in grasping for the inheritance of the revered patriarch in the Middle East. The spilled blood in the Holy Land still cries out to God--an anguished cry for peace.

  Jimmy Carter

  Christian, Father, Blood

  Jimmy Carter (2010). “We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land”, p.15, Simon and Schuster

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• The convention is the voice, the bone and the sinews of a political party-and sometimes it even nominates an Abraham Lincoln.

  Fletcher Knebel

  Party, Voice, Political

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• How many honest men do you know? Take the sinners away from the saints, you're lucky to end up with Abraham Lincoln.

  Paul Newman

  Men, Saint, Lucky

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• Managers thinking about accounting issues should never forget one of Abraham Lincoln's favorite riddles: How many legs does a dog have, if you call a tail a leg? The answer: Four, because calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.

  Warren Buffett

  Dog, Thinking, Issues

  Warren Buffett (2009). “Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha”, p.186, John Wiley & Sons

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• Man you can define; but the true essence of any man, say, for instance, of Abraham Lincoln, remains the endlessly elusive and mysterious object of the biographer's interest, of the historian's comments, of popular legend, and of patriotic devotion.

  Josiah Royce

  Patriotic, Men, Essence

  Josiah Royce (1952). “The Religious Philosophy of Josiah Royce; Edited, with an Introductory Essay, by Stuart Gerry Brown”

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• Johnny Cash was the champion of the voiceless, the underdogs and the
  downtrodden. He was also something of a holy terror, like Abraham Lincoln
  with a wild side. He represented the best of America.

  Kris Kristofferson

  Art, Wild Side, America

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• If you cloned JFK and Abraham Lincoln and made them president it wouldn't matter. Our system is just too corrupt and too broken. I think that science is corrupt and broken. I think health and nutrition. I think the economic systems, the international relations, the environment, everything, the engines of everything are broken.

  Rainn Wilson

  Thinking, Broken, President

  Source: bigthink.com

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• I think we have reason to thank God for Abraham Lincoln. With all his deficiencies, it must be admitted that he has grown continually.

  Lydia M. Child

  Thinking, Thank God, Reason

  Letter to George W. Julian (April 08, 1865), in "The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery" by Eric Foner, 2011.

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• As Bush said, after detailing some of Saddam Hussein's charming practices: “If this is not evil, then evil has no meaning.” It's not as if anyone is worried that we're making a horrible miscalculation and could be removing the Iraqi Abraham Lincoln by mistake.

  Ann Coulter

  Mistake, Practice, Evil

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• Abraham Maslow taught me, that when you're working with a patient, never let them spend more than a few moments on the problem, because what you think about is what expands, and if they're talking about the problem all the time, when they leave your session, the problem will expand. Get 'em to put their attention on what they intend to create, or on solutions.

  Wayne Dyer

  Thinking, Talking, Attention

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• The only instance of praying to saints, mentioned in the Bible, is that of the rich man in torment calling upon Abraham; and let it be remembered, that it was practised only by a lost soul and without success.

  Richard Cecil

  Prayer, Men, Soul

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• I don't want to claim that God is on our side. As Abraham Lincoln told us, I want to pray humbly that we are on God's side.

  John F. Kerry

  Want, Sides, Praying

  John F. Kerry's Acceptance Speech at the Democratic National Convention in Boston, Massachusetts, articles.chicagotribune.com. July 30, 2004.

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• Islam undoubtedly deserves respect. It has some things in common with Christianity, such as Abraham as a common progenitor, and the belief in only one God.

  Walter Kasper

  Islam, Belief, Common

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• The forces of genetic mixing are so powerful that everyone in the world has Jewish ancestors, though the amount of DNA from those ancestors in a given individual may be small. In fact, everyone on earth is by now a descendant of Abraham, Moses, and Aaron--if indeed they existed.

  Steve Olson

  Powerful, Dna, Mixing

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• Easy way to make someone sound less powerful, just put DJ in front of their name...
  ..DJ Abraham Lincoln

  Demetri Martin

  Powerful, Names, Sound

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• Coming out of the anti - coming out of the Republican heritage of Abraham Lincoln, Frank Johnson could see it more clearly than Alabamians would, which led to the big confrontations between Frank Johnson and George Wallace.

  Jeff Sessions

  Heritage, Republican, George Wallace

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• We know enough at this moment to say that the God of Abraham is not only unworthy of the immensity of creation; he is unworthy even of man.

  Sam Harris

  Faith, Science, Men

  Sam Harris (2005). “The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason”, p.226, W. W. Norton & Company

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• All the great spiritual leaders in history were people of hope. Abraham, Moses, Ruth, Mary, Jesus, Rumi, Gandhi, and Dorothy Day all lived with a promise in their hearts that guided them toward the future without the need to know exactly what it would look like. Let's live with hope.

  Henri Nouwen

  Spiritual, Jesus, Heart

  Henri J. M. Nouwen (2009). “Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith”, p.16, Harper Collins

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