Abraham Lincoln actually said...

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.

Ordered, That the general-in-chief, Major-General Halleck, immediately commence, and proceed with all possible despatch; to organize an army...

By direction of the President, all the clerks and employees of the civil Departments and all the employees on the public buildings in Washin...

It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.