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Abraham Lincoln was US President, leader and very much inspiring person for many. You can more about his life fiction and nonfiction by clicking here. Abraham Lincoln.

There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, “Truth is the daughter of Time.”
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It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
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Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.
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These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people.
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It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt.
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Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality.
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These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have.
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Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
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Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
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Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
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That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
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This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it.
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Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
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The assertion that “all men are created equal” was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use.
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Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.
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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.
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The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
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To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.
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The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.
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To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.
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The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.
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Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.
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Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.
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The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
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We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.
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The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
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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.
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Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.
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Abraham Lincoln was US President, leader and very much inspiring person for many. You can more about his life fiction and nonfiction by clicking here. Abraham Lincoln.

As our case is new, we must think and act anew.
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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.
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If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
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Avoid popularity if you would have peace.
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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.
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If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.
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Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets.
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I can make more generals, but horses cost money.
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If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
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Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
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I care not much for a man’s religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.
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If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.
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Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren’t very new at all.
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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.
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If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it.
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Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
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I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
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If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? No, calling a tail a leg don’t make it a leg.
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Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.
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I do the very best I know how – the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.
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Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.
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Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.
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I don’t know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
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In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong.
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Don’t interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.
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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.
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.
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In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.
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Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.
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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.
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Abraham Lincoln is one of the wisest man and ex president of United States. His own story is very inspirational and motivational for many. Here are some of the motivational and uplifting quotes from Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln was US President, leader and very much inspiring person for many. You can more about his life fiction and nonfiction by clicking here. Abraham Lincoln.

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.
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Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.
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The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.
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Whatever you are, be a good one.
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My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.
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The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.
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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.
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My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
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The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.
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When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That’s my religion.
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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
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The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.
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When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.
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The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep’s for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty. Plainly, the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of liberty.
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Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this.
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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.
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When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it’s best to let him run.
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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
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With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds.
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Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.
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No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent.
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With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.
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No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.
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With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.
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Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors.
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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.
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Public opinion in this country is everything.
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You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man’s initiative and independence.
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Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.
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You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
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You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.
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Abraham Lincoln Quotes: Famous Sayings Of Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln is one of wisest man that is admired throughout the world. He was not only one of the best US president but his skill as a leader and his upbringing from hard work till his death is so inspirational and motivational for many. Here are some of wisdom and success quotes from Abraham Lincoln.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
~ Abraham Lincoln

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.
~ Abraham Lincoln

In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.
~ Abraham Lincoln

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

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.
~ Abraham Lincoln

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
~ Abraham Lincoln

Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.
~ Abraham Lincoln

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

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

See also:

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (fiction)

The Life of Abraham Lincoln

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.
~ Abraham Lincoln

Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.
~ 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

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
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Don’t worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.
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I’m a slow walker, but I never walk back.
~ Abraham Lincoln

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
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Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old.
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Most people are as happy as they make up their minds to be.
~ Abraham Lincoln

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

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

Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this.
~ Abraham Lincoln

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?
~ Abraham Lincoln

Everybody likes a compliment.
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A house divided against itself cannot stand.
~ Abraham Lincoln

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.
~ 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

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

Inspiring Story: Abraham Lincoln

More I learn about Abraham Lincoln, the more inspired I am by his life and his achievement that he achieved in his short life.

Abraham Lincoln never quits.

Born into poverty, Lincoln was faced with defeat throughout his life. He lost eight elections, twice failed in business and suffered a nervous breakdown.

Abraham Lincoln was one the best presidents in US history of President. That is because he never gave up despite his humble origins.

Here is a sketch of Lincoln’s road to the Presidency:

1816 His family was forced out of their home. He had to work to support them.
1818 His mother died.
1831 Failed in business.
1832 Ran for state legislature – lost.
1832 Also lost his job – wanted to go to law school but couldn’t get in.
1833 Borrowed some money from a friend to begin a business and by the end of the year he was bankrupt. He spent the next 17 years of his life paying off this debt.
1834 Ran for state legislature again – won.
1835 Was engaged to be married, sweetheart died and his heart was broken.
1836 Had a total nervous breakdown and was in bed for six months.
1838 Sought to become speaker of the state legislature – defeated.
1840 Sought to become elector – defeated.
1843 Ran for Congress – lost.
1846 Ran for Congress again – this time he won – went to Washington and did a good job.
1848 Ran for re-election to Congress – lost.
1849 Sought the job of land officer in his home state – rejected.
1854 Ran for Senate of the United States – lost.
1856 Sought the Vice-Presidential nomination at his party’s national convention – get less than 100 votes.
1858 Ran for U.S. Senate again – again he lost.
1860 Elected president of the United States.

He did great many things for the country while he was president before he was shot. All of this because he did not give up and quit. So, many time when I feel like like giving up or quitting, I remind myself of his story and I start again! And you should too.

Abraham Lincoln Resources:

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

What Would Lincoln Do?: Lincoln’s Most Inspired Solutions to Challenging Problems and Difficult Situations

Lincoln on Leadership: Executive Strategies for Tough Times