Michael collins britains got talent final

Michael collins britains got talent final

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot build character and courage by taking away mens initiative and independence. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves. Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm. My father taught me to work, but not to love it. I never did like to work, and I dont deny it. Id rather read, tell stories, crack jokes, talk, laugh anything but work. Tact: the ability to describe others as they see themselves. If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you cant fool all of the people all of the time. Speech at Clinton, Illinois, September 8, 1 No man is poor who has a Godly mother. I am a slow walker, but I never walk back. Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing. The Best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time. It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues. Its not me who cant keep a secret. Its the people I tell that cant. Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle. I will prepare and some day my chance will come. Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing. I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me insufficient for that day. We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses. Every mans happiness is his own responsibility. I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God. You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was. If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee. The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he makes so many of them. I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday. A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.