On the recordOctober 9, 1859
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
Source
nps.govEditor's note · Context
A reflection on perseverance and self-improvement.
Share
More from Abraham Lincoln
Mar 26, 1865
Ordered, first. That at the hour of noon on the 14th day of April, 1865, Brevet Major-General Anderson will raise and plant upon the ruins of Fort Sumter, in Charleston Harbor, the same United States flag which floated over the battlements…
Mar 15, 1865
Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of purpose between the Almighty and them.
Apr 11, 1865
If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me won't amount to anything.
Mar 26, 1865
Second. That the flag, when raised, be saluted by one hundred guns from Fort Sumter and by a national salute from every fort and rebel battery that fired upon Fort Sumter.
Other voices in this conversation
