If I only had an hour to chop down a tree, I would spend the first 45 minutes sharpening my axe.
Quote by Abraham Lincoln
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If I only had an hour to chop down a tree, I would spend the first 45 minutes sharpening my axe.
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Abraham Lincoln Quotes
- You may deceive all the people part of the time, and part of the people all the time, but not all the people all the time.
- You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
- You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.
- With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.
- With the catching end the pleasures of the chase.
- Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.
- When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. And that is my religion.
- When I do good, I feel good when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion.
- Whatever you are, be a good one.
- What is conservativism? Is it not the aherence to the old and tried against the new and untried?
- Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.
Best Quotes
- I always wanted to be honest with myself and to those who have had faith in me.
- The serve, I was too young and too small and... not enough powerful to have a good serve when I was young, so my forehand was always my signature shot. So I used to always run around my backhand, you know, use my forehand as much as I could, and so that's why I think it's my strength also today, you know.
- I did all the right things in so many tournaments. But like I said, sometimes in sports it just goes the other way. Maybe you've already won so much that it evens it out a bit sometimes. I don't know.
- I used to get nervous, you know if my parents would come watch. And then I would get nervous if my friends came and watched. Today it's not a problem anymore actually, because now I enjoy it. I see that they, you know, respect me immensely, and I try to put on a good show and show that I can still play very good tennis.
- When I won in 2003, never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would win Wimbledon and have my kids seeing me lift the trophy, so this is pretty surreal. And yeah, I was almost shocked in the moment that it all came together so nicely.
- Before, I guess, mum and dad were everything, but now, in my case, I had two new girls and all of a sudden they're completely dependent on you and there's a third generation. It's a funny shift all of a sudden. You have the babies, you have yourself and then you have your parents.
- My dad said if you become a tennis professional just make sure you get into the top hundred, because you have to make a little bit of money. You make a living so you can pay your coaching and, you know, your travels.
- When you do something best in life, you don't really want to give that up - and for me it's tennis.
- When there is nothing to talk about don't force yourself to say anything because it may land you in trouble.
- It’s crazy how people say, "I rely on facts," And believe thier television sets.
- Some people are drawn naturally - there are natural guitarists, and there are natural piano players, and I think guitar implies travel, a sort of footloose gypsy existence. You grab your bag and you go to the next town.