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Abraham Lincoln Quote on The Future and How It Only Comes One Day At A Time

    “The best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time.”

    Abraham Lincoln, Sunbeams (Page 12)

    Beyond the Quote (Day 381)

    This is great news because it means you don’t have to have your whole life figured out right now. I think sometimes people forget that. The fear of not knowing how everything is going to play out in a year, five years, ten years, their lifetime—causes many people unnecessary anxiety and stress. And while it’s certainly beneficial to have a one year, five year, ten year, lifetime plan/ goal/ direction—it shouldn’t steal you away from what’s available to you now.

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                    “Adhere to your purpose and you will soon feel as well as you ever did. On the contrary, if you falter, and give up, you will lose the power of keeping any resolution, and will regret it all your life.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

                      “If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how – the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what’s said against me won’t amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

                        “Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

                          “The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

                            “The best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

                              “My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.”

                              Abraham Lincoln