Abraham Lincoln Quotes - Page 14

• In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Congress And The President, Giving, Free Spirit

  Annual Message to Congress, 1 Dec. 1862

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• And having thus chosen our course, without guile, and with pure purpose, let us renew our trust in God, and go forward without fear, and with manly hearts.

  Abraham Lincoln

  God, Religious, Fear

  Abraham Lincoln (1989). “Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 2: 1859-1865: Library of America #46”, p.261, Library of America

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• Most people are as happy as they want to be.

  Abraham Lincoln

  People, Want

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• I appeal to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate and aid this effort to maintain the honor, the integrity, and the existence of our National Union, and the perpetuity of popular
  government; and to redress wrongs already long enough endured.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Integrity, Government, Long

  Abraham Lincoln, Mario Matthew Cuomo, G. S. Boritt (2004). “Lincoln on Democracy”, p.212, Fordham Univ Press

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• Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Life, Past, Men

  Abraham Lincoln, Bob Blaisdell (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Book of Quotations”, p.7, Courier Corporation

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• A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems. And not only so. It gives a relish, and facility, for successfully pursuing the [yet] unsolved ones.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Reading, Keys, Giving

  Abraham Lincoln (2009). “Abraham Lincoln: Selected Speeches and Writings”, p.327, Library of America

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• Whereas, the Senate of the United States, devoutly recognizing the Supreme Authority and just Government of Almighty God, in all the affairs of men and of nations, has, by a resolution, requested the President to designate and set apart a day for National prayer and humiliation.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Bible, God, Religious

  Abraham Lincoln (2012). “The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)”, p.1148, Jazzybee Verlag

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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.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Life, Faith, Freedom

  Address at Cooper Institute, New York, N.Y., 27 Feb. 1860

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• If all men were just, there still would be some, though not so much, need of government.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Men, Would Be, Needs

  Abraham Lincoln, Mario Matthew Cuomo, G. S. Boritt (2004). “Lincoln on Democracy”, p.64, Fordham Univ Press

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• I go for all sharing the privileges of the government who assist in bearing its burdens.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Government, Admitting, Privilege

  Abraham Lincoln (2012). “The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)”, p.52, Jazzybee Verlag

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• If I care to listen to every criticism, let alone act on them, then this shop may as well be closed for all other businesses. I have learned to do my best, and if the end result is good then I do not care for any criticism, but if the end result is not good, then even the praise of ten angels would not make the difference.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Angel, Not Caring, Differences

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• When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Passion, Fighting, Men

  Abraham Lincoln, Bob Blaisdell (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Book of Quotations”, p.53, Courier Corporation

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• I have simply tried to do what seemed best each day, as each day came.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Life, Trying, President

  Gene Griessman, Abraham Lincoln (1998). “The Words Lincoln Lived By: 52 Timeless Principles to Light Your Path”, p.54, Simon and Schuster

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• All things desirable to men are contained in the Bible.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Men, All Things, Desirable

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• It's time for me to go. But I would rather stay.

  Abraham Lincoln

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• Seriously, I do not think I am fit for the Presidency.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Self Esteem, Thinking, Self Respect

  "The Life and Writings of Abraham Lincoln".

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• I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I can not remember when I did not so think, and feel. And yet I have never understood that the Presidency conferred upon me an unrestricted right to act officially upon this judgment and feeling.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Thinking, Feelings, Civil War

  Letter to Albert G. Hodges, 4 Apr. 1864

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• Beavers build houses; but they build them in nowise differently, or better now, than they did, five thousand years ago. Ants, and honey-bees, provide food for winter; but just in the same way they did, when Solomon referred the sluggard to them as patterns of prudence. Man is not the only animal who labors; but he is the only one who improves his workmanship.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Motivational, Work, Winter

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.437, Wildside Press LLC

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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.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Motivational, God, Dream

  Abraham Lincoln, Archer Hayes Shaw (1980). “The Lincoln encyclopedia: the spoken and written words of A. Lincoln arranged for ready reference”, Greenwood Pub Group

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• I think that if anything can be proved by natural theology, it is that slavery is morally wrong. God gave man a mouth to receive bread, hands to feed it, and his hand has a right to carry bread to his mouth without controversy.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Religious, Men, Thinking

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.3, Wildside Press LLC

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• Young man, if God gives me four years more to rule this country, I believe it will become what it ought to be-what its Divine Author intended it to be-no longer one vast plantation for breeding human beings for the purpose of lust and bondage. But it will become a new Valley of Jehoshaphat, where all the nations of the earth will assemble together under one flag, worshipping a common God, and they will celebrate the resurrection of human freedom.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Country, Believe, Men

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• I will either be America's greatest president or its last.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Badass, America, President

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• A capacity and taste for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Book, Reading, Giving

  Abraham Lincoln (2009). “The Portable Abraham Lincoln”, p.166, Penguin

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• This is essentially a people's contest... whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men - to lift artificial weights from all shoulders - to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all - to afford all, an unfettered start and a fair chance, in the race of life.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Men, Race, People

  Abraham Lincoln (1991). “Great Speeches”, p.73, Courier Corporation

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• I can make a General in five minutes but a good horse is hard to replace.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Horse, Minutes, Five

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