75 Quotes by Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States and is widely regarded as one of the greatest presidents in American history. He is best known for his leadership during the Civil War and his role in ending slavery in the United States. He is also known for his eloquent speeches, including the Gettysburg Address and his Second Inaugural Address. Lincoln believed in the importance of democracy and the rule of law, and his leadership during a time of national crisis helped to strengthen these values. His legacy as a defender of freedom and democracy continues to inspire people around the world today. (Bio)
Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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. (Meaning)
Avoid popularity if you would have peace. (Quote Meaning)
He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help. (Meaning)
The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. (Quote Meaning)
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. (Meaning)
How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn't make it a leg. (Quote Meaning)
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other. (Meaning)
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. (Quote Meaning)
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. (Meaning)
Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be. (Quote Meaning)
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves. (Meaning)
No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent. (Quote Meaning)
You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was. (Meaning)
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure. (Quote Meaning)
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. (Meaning)
Mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice. (Quote Meaning)
Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition. (Meaning)
I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him. (Quote Meaning)
It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues. (Meaning)
We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.
The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
You must remember that some things legally right are not morally right.
It is a sin to be silent when it is your duty to protest.
We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.
You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry
You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.
Nations do not die from invasion; they die from internal rottenness.
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. (Quote Meaning)
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. (Meaning)
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday. (Quote Meaning)
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm. (Meaning)
A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have. (Quote Meaning)
What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself. (Meaning)
Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.
A nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure.
A house divided against itself cannot stand. (Quote Meaning)
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
Kindness is the only service that will stand the storm of life and not wash out.
Teach the children so it will not be necessary to teach the adults.
Violence begins where knowledge ends.
The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next. (Meaning)
When arguing with a fool, make sure the opponent isn't doing the exact same thing.
Great men are ordinary men with extra ordinary determination.
Any society that takes away from those most capable and gives to the least will perish.
When you make it to the top, turn and reach down for the person behind you.
If you have never failed you have never lived.
I walk slowly, but never backwards.
Whatever уоu are, bе а good one.
The trouble with too many people is they believe the realm of truth always lies within their vision.
Life is hard but so very beautiful
Tell the truth and you won't have so much to remember
As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. (Quote Meaning)
― Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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