Quotes By Abraham Lincoln

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

We cannot escape history.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.