Abraham Lincoln Quotes and Sayings
Abraham Lincoln was a one of the greatest American Presidents of all time. He was a charismatic leader and fought for equality within the United States of America. Here are the best Abraham Lincoln Quotes on character, success, friendship and time.
Abraham Lincoln Quotes
- “I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “Wanting to work is so rare a merit that it should be encouraged.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “Human action can be modified to some extent, but human nature cannot be changed.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?” – Abraham Lincoln
- “No man is poor who has a Godly mother.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “I distrust the wisdom if not the sincerity of friends who would hold my hands while my enemies stab me.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “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 sky and say there is no God.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.” – Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln Motivational Quotes
- “If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?” – Abraham Lincoln
- “Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “And in the end it is not the years in your life that count, it’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “I’m 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
- “Whatever you are, be a good one.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.” – Abraham Lincoln
Quotes by Abraham Lincoln
- “Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “I would rather be a little nobody, then to be an evil somebody.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “All I have learned, I learned from books.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.” – Abraham Lincoln
Best Abraham Lincoln Quotes
- “I will prepare and someday my chance will come.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “Everybody likes a compliment.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “Leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done today” – Abraham Lincoln
- “I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.” – 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
Abraham Lincoln Inspiring Short Quote
- “To ease another’s heartache is to forget one’s own.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “A new book is like a friend that I have yet to meet.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “Do good to those who hate you and turn their ill will to friendship.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “The better part of one’s life consists of his friendships.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “I am not concerned that you have fallen — I am concerned that you arise.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That’s my religion.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.” – Abraham Lincoln
Best Abraham Lincoln Quotes
- “I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “The past is the cause of the present, and the present will be the cause of the future. All these are links in the endless chain stretching from the finite to the infinite.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “I don’t know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “Don’t worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free” – 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
Abe Lincoln quotes
- “You can tell the greatness of someone by what makes them angry” – Abraham Lincoln
- “Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “Man is not the only animal who labors; but he is the only one who improves his workmanship.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “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
- “Every person’s happiness is their own responsibility.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “There are no bad pictures; that’s just how your face looks sometimes.” – 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 up to what light I have.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.” – Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln Quotes
- “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will because we destroyed ourselves.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “Love is the chain to lock a child to its parent.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “My best friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.” – Abraham Lincoln
