Abraham Lincoln Quotes

In the last analysis sound judgment will prevail.

Opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making.

Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life.

A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

Wisdom consists of knowing how to distinguish the nature of trouble, and in choosing the lesser evil.

Commonsense is the realised sense of proportion.

My errors will point to thinking men the various roads, and will teach them the great art of treading on the brink of the precipice without falling into it.

When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable.

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.

When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.

Common sense is calculation applied to life.

Judgment is more than skill. It sets forth on intellectual seas beyond the shores of hard indisputable factual information.

Wise men argue causes; fools decide them.

Know when to tune out, if you listen to too much advice you may wind up making other peoples mistakes.

I'm not saying Obama is right on everything. Of course not. He may be wrong on a number of things. But what I do know is that he behaves like a very, very sane man almost all the time.

Each man must reach his own verdict, by weighing all the relevant evidence.

Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground-floor. But if a man hasn't got plenty of good common sense, the more science he has, the worse for his patient.

Sometimes you make the right decision, sometimes you make the decision right.

Mostly, I try to take a rational approach to life.

The rest is a mere matter of detail, to be settled with judgment, discretion, and caution.

You can't legislate against stupidity.

One man with a head on his shoulders is worth a dozen without.

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

Judgment is a delicate thing and does not come overnight.