Quotes By Abraham Lincoln

In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and, to the young, it comes with bitterest agony, because it takes them unawares.

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.

I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot.

Plainly, the central idea of secession, is the essence of anarchy.

Every blade of grass is a study; and to produce two, where there was but one, is both a profit and a pleasure.

It's my experience that folks who have no vices have generally very few virtues.

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

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

The best way to predict your future is to create it.

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubts.

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. ... that of being truly esteemed of my fellow‑men.

We cannot escape history.

The struggle of today is not altogether for today - it is for a vast future also.

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

With malice toward none, with charity for all... let us strive on to finish the work we are in

It is for us the living ... to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far nobly advanced.

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

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed ... to live by the light that I have.

A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.

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.