Abraham Lincoln Quotes

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


Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.
Abraham Lincoln


Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old.
Abraham Lincoln


Everybody likes a compliment.
Abraham Lincoln


Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Abraham Lincoln


Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
Abraham Lincoln


Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
Abraham Lincoln


He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
Abraham Lincoln


He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.
Abraham Lincoln


Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.
Abraham Lincoln


How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.
Abraham Lincoln


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.
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 can make more generals, but horses cost money.
Abraham Lincoln


I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.
Abraham Lincoln


I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end... I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me.
Abraham Lincoln


I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.
Abraham Lincoln


I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
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


I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
Abraham Lincoln