Abraham Lincoln Quotes



Abraham Lincoln  (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War---its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis.In doing so, he preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the federal government, and modernized the economy.


 In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.

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.

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.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.

No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.

Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.

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.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

Sir, 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.

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

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