Inspirational Quotations by Abraham Lincoln

  • I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what
    his grandson will be.
    From Issue 1
  • He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
    From Issue 26
  • 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.
    From Issue 52
  • Whatever you are, be a good one.
    From Issue 60
  • It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool
    than to open your mouth and prove it.
    From Issue 76
  • Good things come to those who wait,
    But they are left-overs from those who hustle.
    From Issue 95
  • And in the end it's not the years in your life that counts...
    It's the life in your years.
    From Issue 96
  • As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master.
    This expresses my idea of democracy.
    From Issue 124
  • People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
    Topics: Happiness, Attitude
    From Issue 128
  • Your own resolution to success is
    more important than any other one thing.
    Topic: Determination
    From Issue 128
  • The best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time.
    From Issue 159
  • It often requires more courage to
    dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.
    From Issue 164
  • I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
    From Issue 234
  • I do not think much of a man who is
    not wiser today than he was yesterday.
    From Issue 281
  • Nearly all men can stand adversity,
    but if you want to test a man's character,
    give him power.
    From Issue 295
  • Most People are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
    From Issue 304
  • If there is anything that a man can do well,
    I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
    From Issue 308
  • My old father used to have a saying: If you make a bad bargain, hug it all the tighter.
    From Issue 363
  • It is an old and true maxim that a drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall. So with men, if you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend.
    From Issue 363
  • What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.
    From Issue 363
  • Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves and under a just God cannot long retain it.
    From Issue 363
  • I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.
    From Issue 363
  • As labor is the common burden of our race, so the effort of some to shift their share of the burden onto the shoulders of others is the great durable curse of the race.
    From Issue 363
  • 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.
    From Issue 363
  • In this and like communities public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed; consequently he who moulds public sentiment goes deeper than he who enacts statutes and decisions. He makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to be executed.
    From Issue 363
  • Few can be induced to labor exclusively for posterity. Posterity has done nothing for us.
    From Issue 363
  • No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
    From Issue 363
  • Be sure your feet are in the right place. Then stand firm.
    From Issue 363
  • I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for the day.
    From Issue 363

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