Abraham Lincoln Quotes
Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people may be engaged in. That everyone may receive at least a moderate education appears to be an objective of vital importance.Abraham Lincoln
All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.Abraham Lincoln
The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.Abraham Lincoln
I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me seemed insufficient for the day.Abraham Lincoln
Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes his aid against the other.... The prayers of both could not be answered - - That of neither has been answered fully.Abraham Lincoln
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.Abraham Lincoln
If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.Abraham Lincoln
I am not concerned that you have fallen; I am concerned that you arise.Abraham Lincoln
All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.Abraham Lincoln
I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crises. The great point is to bring them the real facts.Abraham Lincoln
Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?Abraham Lincoln
In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all... Perfect relief is not possible, except with time. You cannot now realize that you will ever feel better... And yet this is a mistake. You are sure to be happy again.Abraham Lincoln
If this is coffee, please bring me some tea but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.Abraham Lincoln
To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.Abraham Lincoln
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.Abraham Lincoln
That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.Abraham Lincoln
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.Abraham Lincoln
No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.Abraham Lincoln
Lets have faith that right makes might and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.Abraham Lincoln
It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.Abraham Lincoln
The Lord prefers common - Looking people. That is why he makes so many of them.Abraham Lincoln
No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.Abraham Lincoln
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.Abraham Lincoln
The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.Abraham Lincoln
The ballot is stronger than the bullet.Abraham Lincoln
If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business.Abraham Lincoln
I am for those means which will give the greatest good to the greatest number.Abraham Lincoln
It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words And this, too, shall pass away.Abraham Lincoln
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. And that is my religion.Abraham Lincoln
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.Abraham Lincoln
He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met.Abraham Lincoln
People are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.Abraham Lincoln
Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.Abraham Lincoln
Neither Heaven nor Hell. It is simply Purgatory.Abraham Lincoln
You may deceive all the people part of the time, and part of the people all the time, but not all the people all the time.Abraham Lincoln
If I were two - Faced, would I be wearing this one?Abraham Lincoln
The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.Abraham Lincoln
