Abraham Lincoln Quotes – I

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
~ Abraham Lincoln

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.
~ Abraham Lincoln

I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.
~ Abraham Lincoln

I am 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

When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.
~ Abraham Lincoln

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

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend six hours sharpening my axe.
~ Abraham Lincoln

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

I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.
~ Abraham Lincoln

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.
~ Abraham Lincoln

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.
~ Abraham Lincoln

Things may come to those who wait…but only the things left by those who hustle.
~ Abraham Lincoln

You can have anything you want – if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.
~ Abraham Lincoln

If you look for the bad in people expecting to find it, you surely will.
~ Abraham Lincoln

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.
~ Abraham Lincoln

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
~ Abraham Lincoln

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
~ Abraham Lincoln

To stand in silence when they should be protesting makes cowards out of men.
~ Abraham Lincoln

Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be.
~ Abraham Lincoln

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.
~ Abraham Lincoln

Don’t worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.
~ Abraham Lincoln

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
~ Abraham Lincoln

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