Abraham Lincoln Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Abraham Lincoln quotes, Abraham Lincoln sayings, and Abraham Lincoln proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed. He who molds public sentiment goes deeper than he who enacts statutes or decisions possible or impossible to execute. Abraham Lincoln
Truth is generally the best vindication against slander. Abraham Lincoln
With malice toward none, with charity for all, ...let us strive on to finish the work we are in, ...to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations. Abraham Lincoln
By the fruit the tree is to be known. An evil tree cannot bring forth good fruit. Abraham Lincoln
Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. Abraham Lincoln
Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to its parents Abraham Lincoln
Believing everyone is dangerous, but believing nobody is more dangerous. 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
We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot. 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
Determine the thing that can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way. Abraham Lincoln
Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all. Abraham Lincoln
I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it. Abraham Lincoln
I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody. Abraham Lincoln
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing. Abraham Lincoln
It is the eternal struggle between these two principles -- right and wrong. They are the two principles that have stood face to face from the beginning of time and will ever continue to struggle. It is the same spirit that says, ''You work and toil and earn bread, and I'll eat it. Abraham Lincoln
Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition. Abraham Lincoln
As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Abraham Lincoln
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent. Abraham Lincoln
A government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth. Abraham Lincoln
I like to see a man* proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so his place will be proud of him. Abraham Lincoln
And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. Abraham Lincoln
I walk slowly, but I never walk backward. Abraham Lincoln
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. Abraham Lincoln
No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens. Abraham Lincoln
The best way to predict the future is to create it. Abraham Lincoln
Honor to the soldier and sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his country's cause. Honor, also, to the citizen who cares for his brother in the field and serves, as he best can, the same cause. Abraham Lincoln
Upon the subject of education. I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people may be engaged in. Abraham Lincoln
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle. Abraham Lincoln
I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life Abraham Lincoln