80 result(s) for Famous Quotes By 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."
"Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be."
"Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed."
"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."
"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."
"The people will save their own government if the government itself will allow them."
"It is not because men’s desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak."
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"The better part of one’s life consists of his friendships."
"Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be."
"If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it."
"My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure."
"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."
"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog."
"The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read."
"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other."
"No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent."
"The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone."
"You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was."
"To ease another's burden is to lighten one's own."
"People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be."
"In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and, to the young, it comes with peculiar force."
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"That some should be rich shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise."
"Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be."
"I am a slow walker, but I never walk back."
"The shameless are always victorious."
"You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time."
"Responsibility is the price of freedom."
"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe."
"The world has never given the credit it should to the other great 'mighty' work: the work of the moral world."
"It is not best to swap horses while crossing the river."
"The preservation of the Union is paramount."
"No man is good enough to govern any woman without her consent."
"Elections belong to the people. It's their decision."
"If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance."
"You can’t make a sheep out of a wolf."
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"In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and, to the young, it comes with bitter agony, because it takes them unawares."
"Whatever you are, be a good one."
"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."
"Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it."
"If I were two-faced, would I be showing this one?"
"You can't help who you love."
"I don't like that man. I must get to know him better."
"All I am, or can be, I owe to my angel mother."
"No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent."
"A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have."
"I walk slowly, but I never walk backward."
"Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle."
"The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here."
"The strongest man in the world is he who stands alone."
"Every man’s happiness is his own responsibility."
"I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day."
"It is not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years."
"I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true."
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."
"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."
"The best way to predict your future is to create it."
"You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift."
"That some achieve great success is proof to all that others can achieve it as well."
"I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday."
"I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice."
"The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who will get me a book I ain't read."
"What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself."
"All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother."
"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves."
"You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today."
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."
"If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?"
"The strongest man in the world is the one who stands alone."
"To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men."
"A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me."
"This nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom."
"I would rather be a man of conviction than a man of politics."
"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy."
"The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present."
"The ballot is stronger than the bullet."
"Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men."
"The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion."
"On the standard of our nation, we have no red states or blue states, only the United States."
"We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses."
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