Do Your Very Best and Let the Sands of Time Judge You
“I do the very best I know how – the very best I can; and
mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings
me out all right. What is said against me won’t
amount to anything.”
Abraham Lincoln 1809 – 1865, 16th President of the United States
As I see it . . . . . . .
Do your very best and let the sands of time judge you
All you can do . . . . is all you can do when it’s your very best.
Abraham Lincoln was a simple man that as President of the United States met the moments of his day to rise above the chaos.
The country was split over the issues of slavery . . . . and country became so divided that the country exposed into the American Civil War in 1861 that lasted until 1865. President Lincoln remained firm in his resolve . . . . that no man had a right to own another man.
Under President Lincoln’s leadership . . . . and by signing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862 into law and the American Civil War the slaves were freed.
The cost of civil war and freeing the slaves was extremely high with over 750,000 deaths between the years of 1861 to 1865.
No man is perfect . . . . But in every man there is the passion to do your very best. Only a few light the flame of their passion . . . . to do their best under very trying conditions.
President Lincoln didn’t float a trail balloon . . . . he did his very best . . . . and what was best for all Americans.
He could have very easily kicked the can down the road for the next president and congress to handle . . . . But he didn’t he moved to the front and lead the country through a very trying time.
Do your very best and let the sands of time judge you . . . . President Lincoln is judged for his wisdom . . . . and leadership by the sands of time.
©2015 Lou Ludwig Success Tips, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author
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