Abraham Lincoln's quote

Abraham Lincoln i/ˈeɪbrəhæm ˈlɪŋkən/ (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.

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If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my ax.
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Whatever you are, be a good one.
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
And in the end it is not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years.
Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all.
The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.
We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.
Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing.
My father taught me to work, but not to love it. I never did like to work, and I don't deny it. I'd rather read, tell stories, crack jokes, talk, laugh -- anything but work.
I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.
All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.
Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.
Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.
If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.
I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down.
How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?
The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.
My Best Friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
Every man's happiness is his own responsibility.
The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he makes so many of them.
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. The Gettysburg Address
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
To sin by silence, when they should protest, makes cowards of men.
He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.
No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar
There are no bad pictures; that's just how your face looks sometimes.
It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.
The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. Speeches and Writings, 1832-1858
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.
Stand with anyone that is right; stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.
Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.
You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry
The best way to predict your future is to create it
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.
The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.
I am not concerned that you have fallen -- I am concerned that you arise.
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.