QUOTES

Quotes by Abraham Lincoln

"Whatever you are be a good one."
- Abraham Lincoln
"I may walk slowly but I never walk backwards."
- Abraham Lincoln
"Your friends and foes! A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have."
- Abraham Lincoln
"He has the right to criticize who has a heart to help."
- Abraham Lincoln
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."
- Abraham Lincoln
"People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be."
- Abraham Lincoln
"Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?"
- Abraham Lincoln
"My Best Friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read."
- 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
"Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm."
- Abraham Lincoln
"I am a slow walker, but I never walk back."
- 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
"You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was."
- Abraham Lincoln
"It is not best to swap horses while crossing the river."
- Abraham Lincoln
"You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the peop..."
- Abraham Lincoln
"Nobody has ever expected me to be president. In my poor, lean lank face nobody has ever seen that any cabbages were sprouting..."
- Abraham Lincoln
"Truth is generally the best vindication against slander."
- Abraham Lincoln
"In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and, to the young, it comes with bitterest agony, because it takes them unawa..."
- Abraham Lincoln
"Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed."
- 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 ..."
- Abraham Lincoln
"Plainly, the central idea of secession, is the essence of anarchy."
- Abraham Lincoln
"Every blade of grass is a study; and to produce two, where there was but one, is both a profit and a pleasure."
- Abraham Lincoln
"It's my experience that folks who have no vices have generally very few virtues."
- Abraham Lincoln
"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing."
- Abraham Lincoln
"That some achieve great success is proof to all that others can achieve it as well."
- Abraham Lincoln
"The best way to predict your future is to create it."
- Abraham Lincoln
"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubts."
- Abraham Lincoln
"Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as th..."
- Abraham Lincoln
"The ballot is stronger than the bullet."
- Abraham Lincoln
"Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it."
- Abraham Lincoln
"I am not bound to win, I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to the light I have."
- Abraham Lincoln
"Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?"
- Abraham Lincoln
"If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. You may fool all o..."
- Abraham Lincoln
"I believe each individual is naturally entitled to do as he pleases with himself and the fruits of his labor, so far as it in..."
- Abraham Lincoln
"We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses."
- Abraham Lincoln
"If friendship is your weakest point then you are the strongest person in the world."
- Abraham Lincoln
"Education does not mean teaching people what they do not know. It means teaching them to behave as they do not behave."
- Abraham Lincoln
"Nothing is more damaging to you than to do something that you believe is wrong."
- 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
"If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. You may fool all o..."
- Abraham Lincoln