February 12
Birth of  Abraham Lincoln 1809

Quotes
A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.

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

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

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

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

Reflection
Probably each of us could make a list of nuggets of wisdom
that we have learned during our lifetime and
that help us through fun and fierce times.
For me, one of them is to
do the loving thing. crsr