Abraham Lincoln quotes
34 quotes by Abraham Lincoln. Topics: Character, Family, Famous Quotes, Friendship, Future, Happiness, History, Humorous, Inspirational, Life, Politics, Spirituality, Success, Truth, Wisdom.
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“I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.”
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“Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.”
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“Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.”
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“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.”
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“A house divided against itself cannot stand.”
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“Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.”
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“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.”
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“I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.”
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“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”
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“The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.”
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“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.”
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“I will prepare and some day my chance will come.”
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“I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.”
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“When I do good I feel good, when I do bad I feel bad, and that's my religion.”
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“It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.”
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“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.”
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“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.”
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“Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.”
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“When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.”
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“I will prepare and someday my chance will come.”
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“I'll prepare and someday my chance will come.”
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“You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.”
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“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.”
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“Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be”
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“Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.”
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“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.”
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“If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?”
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“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.”
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“How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn't make it a leg.”
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“All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.”
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“Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.”
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“The best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time.”
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“No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.”
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“I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.”