40 Best Abraham Lincoln Quotes

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. — Abraham Lincoln
Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality. – Abraham Lincoln
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. - Abraham Lincoln
Whatever you are, be a good one. – Abraham Lincoln
My best friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read. – Abraham Lincoln
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. – Abraham Lincoln
I am a slow walker, but I never walk back. – Abraham Lincoln
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. – Abraham Lincoln
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. – Abraham Lincoln
I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends. – Abraham Lincoln
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. – Abraham Lincoln
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. – Abraham Lincoln
The best way to predict your future is to create it. – Abraham Lincoln
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing. – Abraham Lincoln
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday. – 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
No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar. – Abraham Lincoln
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. – Abraham Lincoln
I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. – Abraham Lincoln
It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong. – Abraham Lincoln
The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can. – 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. – Abraham Lincoln
The ballot is stronger than the bullet. – 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
Leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done today. – Abraham Lincoln
The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time. – Abraham Lincoln
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm. – Abraham Lincoln
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice. – Abraham Lincoln
The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them. – Abraham Lincoln
Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. – Abraham Lincoln
I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me. – Abraham Lincoln
The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. – Abraham Lincoln
As I would not be a slave, I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy. – Abraham Lincoln
I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts. – Abraham Lincoln
The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. – Abraham Lincoln
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion. – Abraham Lincoln
Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties. – Abraham Lincoln
I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. – Abraham Lincoln
Let us 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
With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in. – Abraham Lincoln
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