Abraham Lincoln Quotes - Page 33

• The will of God prevails.

  Abraham Lincoln

  God, Gods Will

  Abraham Lincoln (1989). “Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 2: 1859-1865: Library of America #46”, p.359, Library of America

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• I have no wealthy or popular relations to recommend me.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Humility, Relation, Wealthy

  Abraham Lincoln (1989). “Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 1: 1832-1858: Library of America #45”, p.5, Library of America

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• I have always wanted to deal with everyone I meet candidly and honestly. If I have made any assertion not warranted by facts, and it is pointed out to me, I will withdraw it cheerfully.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Honesty, Facts, Made

  Abraham Lincoln (2012). “The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)”, p.594, Jazzybee Verlag

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• It is not 'Is God on my side', but 'Am I on God's side'.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Sides

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• I never trusted a man who never smoked or drank.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Men, Never Trust, Drank

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• if you want your name to be remembered after your death either do something worth writing or write some thing worth reading

  Abraham Lincoln

  Reading, Writing, Names

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• Such a man the times have demanded, and such, in the providence of God was given us. But he is gone. Let us strive to deserve, as far as mortals may, the continued care of Divine Providence, trusting that, in future national emergencies, He will not fail to provide us the instruments of safety and security.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Religious, Men, Safety

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.132, Wildside Press LLC

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• I hold that while a man exists, it is his duty to improve not only his own condition, but to assist in ameliorating mankind.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Men, Duty, Mankind

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.202, Wildside Press LLC

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• The power of hope upon human exertion, and happiness, is wonderful.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Hope, Wonderful, Exertion

  Abraham Lincoln, Mario Matthew Cuomo, G. S. Boritt (2004). “Lincoln on Democracy”, p.160, Fordham Univ Press

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• It is not our frowning battlements...or the strength our gallant and disciplined army? These are not our reliance against a resumption of tyranny in our fair land... Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as the heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Army, Men, Land

  "Lincoln on Democracy" by Abraham Lincoln, G. S. Boritt, Fordham University Press, (p. 128), September 1, 2004.

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• What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence?

  Abraham Lincoln

  Independence, Liberty, Civic Minded

  Abraham Lincoln, Mario Matthew Cuomo, G. S. Boritt (2004). “Lincoln on Democracy”, p.128, Fordham Univ Press

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• I always [or "often"] walk slowly, but I never walk backwards.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Walks, Backwards

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• A man's legs must be long enough to reach the ground.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Men, Long, Legs

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• All the armies of Europe combined could not by force make a track upon the Blue Ridge, or take a drink from the Ohio. If we are to be destroyed, we must do it ourselves.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Army, Blue, Ohio

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• I cannot think that we are useless or God would not have created us.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Thinking, Apaches, Useless

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• The Cause of civil liberty must not be surrendered at the end of one, or even one hundred defeats.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Liberty, Civil Rights, Causes

  Abraham Lincoln, Mario Matthew Cuomo, G. S. Boritt (2004). “Lincoln on Democracy”, p.136, Fordham Univ Press

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• Nowhere in the world is presented a government of so much liberty and equality. To the humblest and poorest amongst us are held out the highest privileges and positions. The present moment finds me at the White House, yet there is as good a chance for your children as there was for my father's.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Children, Father, White

  Gordon Leidner, Abraham Lincoln (2009). “Abraham Lincoln: Quotes, Quips, and Speeches”, p.121, Sourcebooks, Inc.

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• Bad promises are better broken than kept.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Broken, Promise

  Abraham Lincoln (1991). “Great Speeches”, p.111, Courier Corporation

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• Without Divine assistance I can not succeed; with it I can not fail.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Spiritual, Succeed, Failing

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• If the good people in their wisdom shall see fit to keep me in the background, I have been too familiar with disappointments to bevery much chagrined.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Disappointment, People, Election

  Abraham Lincoln (2009). “The Portable Abraham Lincoln”, p.25, Penguin

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• We must remember that the people of all the States are entitled to all the privileges and immunities of the citizen of the several States. We should bear this in mind, and act in such a way as to say nothing insulting or irritating. I would inculcate this idea, so that we may not, like Pharisees, set ourselves up to be better than other people.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Religious, Ideas, People

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.274, Wildside Press LLC

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• Were it not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this office.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Humor, Office, Littles

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• There may sometimes be ungenerous attempts to keep a young man down; and they will succeed too, if he allows his mind to be diverted from its true channel to brood over the attempted injury. Cast about, and see if this feeling has not injured every person you have ever known to fall into it.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Fall, Men, Feelings

  Abraham Lincoln (2017). “The Complete Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln”, p.454, Open Road Media

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• I hope it will not be irreverent in me to say, that if it be probable that God would reveal his will to others, on a point so connected with my duty, it might be supposed he would reveal it directly to me

  Abraham Lincoln

  Might, Belief, Duty

  Abraham Lincoln (1989). “Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 2: 1859-1865: Library of America #46”, p.361, Library of America

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• If you wish to be a lawyer, attach no consequence to the place you are in, or the person you are with; but get books, sit down anywhere, and go to reading for yourself. That will make a lawyer of you quicker than any other way.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Book, Reading, Law

  Abraham Lincoln (1989). “Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 1: 1832-1858: Library of America #45”, p.485, Library of America

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