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If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend.
Abraham Lincolnverified·Address before the Washingtonian Temperance Society, Springfield, Illinois·February 22, 1842
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If we work together, there is nothing we cannot do and no dream we cannot achieve.
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What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult to each other?
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The laws of friendship are austere and eternal, of one web with the laws of nature and of morals.
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The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one.
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If you want to change the world, find someone to help you paddle.
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Start each day with a task completed. Find someone to help you through life. Respect everyone.
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The spectacle of effort is what awakens and sustains our own effort.