Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

Abraham Lincoln US President

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Feb 12, 1809
  • Died: Apr 15, 1865

Abraham Lincoln 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.

I never had a policy I have just tried to do my very best each and every day. best

Avoid popularity if you would have peace. peace

In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. life

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. freedom

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time. best, future & time

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues. experience

There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.' time & truth

I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause. hope

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow. best

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. hope & Mother's Day

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well. great & success

The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them. government

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion. good & religion

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. best & time

I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it. religion

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. best

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. respect

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth. government

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life. life & Mother's Day

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind. life & nature

The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person. art

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

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them? friendship

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend. best

Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them. best

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men. men

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. faith

Whatever you are, be a good one. good

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance. business

I do the very best I know how - the very best I can and I mean to keep on doing so until the end. best

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

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run. best

I can make more generals, but horses cost money. money

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. time

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. men & power

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. God

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

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. business

The things I want to know are in books my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read. best

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

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

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

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens. pet

These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have. equality, men & power

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

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure. failure & great

In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong. God & great