Abraham Lincoln was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Here is a collection of quotes by Abraham Lincoln that can inspire you.
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Abraham Lincoln Quotes
“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
– Abraham Lincoln
“I’m a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn’t have the heart to let him down.”
– Abraham Lincoln
“The best way to predict your future is to create it.”
– Abraham Lincoln
“The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.”
– Abraham Lincoln
“I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.”
– Abraham Lincoln
“Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.”
– Abraham Lincoln
“Whatever you are, be a good one.”
– Abraham Lincoln
“I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.”
– Abraham Lincoln
“It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”
– Abraham Lincoln
“I would rather be a little nobody than to be an evil somebody.”
– Abraham Lincoln
“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.”
– Abraham Lincoln
“Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.”
– Abraham Lincoln
“I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.”
– Abraham Lincoln
“When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That’s my religion.”
– Abraham Lincoln
“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.”
– Abraham Lincoln
“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.”
– Abraham Lincoln
“Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”
– Abraham Lincoln
“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.”
– Abraham Lincoln
“I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being.”
– Abraham Lincoln
“I don’t know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.”
– Abraham Lincoln
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”
– Abraham Lincoln