Abraham Lincoln Quotes

Whatever you are, be a good one.

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present... as our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must dis-enthrall ourselves.

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

When I do good, I feel good when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion.

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six sharpening my ax.

I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go.

We’ll catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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.

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 up to what light I have.

If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first four hours sharpening the axe."

If this is coffee, please bring me some tea. But if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.

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

Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed.

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.

A tendency to melancholy....let it be observed, is a misfortune, not a fault.

Remember in the depth and even the agony of despondency that very shortly you are to feel well again.

In regard to this Great Book, I have but to say, it is the best gift God has given to man. All the good the Saviour gave to the world was communicated through this book.

I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.

We live in the midst of alarms; anxiety beclouds the future; we expect some new disaster with each newspaper we read.

The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.