Discover the wisdom and insights of one of America’s most revered leaders with our collection of Abraham Lincoln quotes. From his thoughts on freedom and responsibility to his famous words on unity and government, these quotes offer a glimpse into the mind of a man who shaped the course of history. Whether you’re looking for inspiration or a historical perspective, Abraham Lincoln’s quotes are sure to leave a lasting impression.
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” – Abraham Lincoln
“The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.” – Abraham Lincoln
“A house divided against itself cannot stand.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – 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
“Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.” – Abraham Lincoln
“The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” – Abraham Lincoln
“You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.” – Abraham Lincoln
“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln
“The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land.” – Abraham Lincoln
“No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent.” – Abraham Lincoln
“When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That’s my religion.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Whenever I hear any one arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?” – Abraham Lincoln
“I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.” – Abraham Lincoln
“A nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure.” – Abraham Lincoln
“No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.” – 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
“Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.” – Abraham Lincoln
“It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.” – Abraham Lincoln
“The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is the reason he makes so many of them.” – Abraham Lincoln
“As our case is new, we must think and act anew.” – Abraham Lincoln
“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” – Abraham Lincoln
“If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?” – Abraham Lincoln
“Don’t worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.” – Abraham Lincoln
“The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.” – Abraham Lincoln
“The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.” – Abraham Lincoln
“We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot.” – Abraham Lincoln
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln
“The probability that we may fall in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.” – Abraham Lincoln
“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” – Abraham Lincoln
“I care not much for a man’s religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.” – Abraham Lincoln
“My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.” – Abraham Lincoln
“The worst thing you can do for those you love is the things they could and should do 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 up to what light I have.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it.” – Abraham Lincoln
“I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.” – Abraham Lincoln
“The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.” – Abraham Lincoln
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren’t very new after all.” – Abraham Lincoln
“I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.” – Abraham Lincoln
“What is right is more valuable than what is popular.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.” – Abraham Lincoln
“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.” – Abraham Lincoln
“It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln
“I will prepare and some day my chance will come.” – Abraham Lincoln
“No man is good enough to govern another man without the other’s consent.” – Abraham Lincoln
“We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.” – 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 destroy your enemy is to make him a friend.” – Abraham Lincoln
“No man has a good enough memory to make a successful liar.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition.” – Abraham Lincoln
“A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.” – Abraham Lincoln
“The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.” – Abraham Lincoln
“I walk slowly, but I never walk backwards.” – Abraham Lincoln
“It is not best to swap horses while crossing a stream.” – Abraham Lincoln
“If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?” – Abraham Lincoln
“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” – Abraham Lincoln
“All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” – Abraham Lincoln
“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.” – Abraham Lincoln
“If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend six hours sharpening my ax.” – Abraham Lincoln
“The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.” – Abraham Lincoln
“We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it, nothing can succeed.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Freedom is not the right to do as one pleases, but the liberty to do what is right.” – Abraham Lincoln