Abraham Lincoln Quotes

I have had so many evidences of [God's] direction, so many instances when I have been controlled by some other power than my own will, that I cannot doubt that this power comes from above.

Abraham Lincoln

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• I got thrust into some great things when I was really young.

  

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• ISIS itself, it draws its central belief system from the Koran and from the writings of the Prophet Muhammad. That is undeniable. And it's a medieval interpretation of it. It is a literal interpretation of it.

  

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• The world is made up of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show.

  

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• Movies, particularly the big hit movies, are all just special effects. But on television, the writers are in control of the shows, and they control the scripts.

  

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• I have had so many evidences of [God's] direction, so many instances when I have been controlled by some other power than my own will, that I cannot doubt that this power comes from above.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Evidence
  • Gods
  • Direction