Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
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“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.”
— Abraham Lincoln“Leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done today.”
— Abraham Lincoln“I walk slowly but I never walk backward.”
— Abraham Lincoln“In the end it’s not the years in your life that counts it’s the life in your years.”
— Abraham Lincoln“The best way to predict your future is to create it.”
— Abraham Lincoln“Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.”
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