Abraham Lincoln quotes

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

Abraham Lincoln

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.

Abraham Lincoln

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

Abraham Lincoln

I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.

Abraham Lincoln

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.

Abraham Lincoln

I am not concerned that you have fallen
I am concerned that you arise.

Abraham Lincoln

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

Abraham Lincoln

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

Abraham Lincoln

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Abraham Lincoln

What has once happened, will invariably happen again, when the same circumstances which combined to produce it, shall again combine in the same way.

Abraham Lincoln

Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be.

Abraham Lincoln

Sorrow comes to all. Perfect relief is not possible, except with time. You cannot now realize that you will ever feel better and yet you are sure to be happy again.

Abraham Lincoln

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.

Abraham Lincoln

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

Abraham Lincoln

These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people.

Abraham Lincoln

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

Abraham Lincoln

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.

Abraham Lincoln

With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.

Abraham Lincoln

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true.
I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have.
I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.

Abraham Lincoln

You can have anything you want, if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.

Abraham Lincoln

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.

Abraham Lincoln

Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side, my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.

Abraham Lincoln

To stand in silence when they should be protesting makes cowards out of men.

Abraham Lincoln

When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.

Abraham Lincoln

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my ax.

Abraham Lincoln

If you look for the bad in people expecting to find it, you surely will.

Abraham Lincoln

A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.

Abraham Lincoln

Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality.

Abraham Lincoln

I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.

Abraham Lincoln

I am a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down.

Abraham Lincoln

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

Abraham Lincoln

Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.

Abraham Lincoln

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

Abraham Lincoln

Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.

Abraham Lincoln

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

Abraham Lincoln