Abraham Lincoln Quotes - Page 5

• We live in the midst of alarms; anxiety beclouds the future; we expect some new disaster with each newspaper we read.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Carpe Diem, Anxiety, Alarms

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln(1832-1865) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)”, p.96, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Hypocrite: The man who murdered his parents, and then pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Death, Hypocrite, Men

  Martin D. Tullai, Abraham Lincoln (1998). “Speaking of Abraham Lincoln”

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• Let the people know the truth and the country is safe.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Country, War, Safety

  Abraham Lincoln (1907). “The Lincoln Year Book: Axioms and Aphorisms from the Great Emancipator”, p.28, Library of Alexandria

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• You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Motivational, Cute

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You can't help the poor by being one of them.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Helping, Poor, Help The Poor

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• I had been told I was on the road to hell, but I had no idea it was just a mile down the road with a dome on it.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Ideas, Justice, Domes

  Abraham Lincoln (1992). “The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln”, Plume

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• Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Life, Strong, Freedom

  Speech to 140th Indiana regiment, 17 Mar. 1865

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• There are no bad pictures; that's just how your face looks sometimes.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Photography, Looks, Faces

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• Life is hard but so very beautiful

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Beautiful, Life Is Hard

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  No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Leadership, Witty, Men

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• Character is the tree, reputation is the shadow.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Business, Character, Tree

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• No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Honesty, Memories, Liars

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• You know you've reached middle age when all you exercise is caution

  Abraham Lincoln

  Exercise, Age, Middle

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• You cannot have the right to do what is wrong!

  Abraham Lincoln

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• In regards to this great Book [the Bible], I have but to say it is the best gift God has given to man. All the good the Savior gave to the world was communicated through this Book. But for it we could not know right from wrong. All things most desirable for man's welfare, here and hereafter, are found portrayed in it.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Bible, God, Religious

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.542, Wildside Press LLC

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• Politicians are a set of men who have interests aside from the interests of the people and who, to say the most of them, are, taken as a mass, at least one long step removed from honest men

  Abraham Lincoln

  Taken, Men, Long

  Abraham Lincoln (2012). “The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)”, p.151, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Well, I suppose you know that men will stand a good deal when they are flattered.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Teamwork, Men, Deals

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• Determine that the thing can and shall be done and then... find the way.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Determination, Recovery

  Abraham Lincoln (1989). “Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 1: 1832-1858: Library of America #45”, p.197, Library of America

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• We cannot but believe that He who made the world still governs it.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Believe, World, Made

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.478, Wildside Press LLC

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• You can’t make a weak man strong by making a strong man weak

  Abraham Lincoln

  Strong, Men, Weak Man

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• I am an optimist because I don't see the point in being anything else.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Optimist

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• We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Life, Friendship, Memories

  First Inaugural Address, 4 Mar. 1861

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• A child is a person who is going to carry on what you have started ... He will assume control of your cities, states and nations. He is going to move in and take over your churches, schools, universities, and corporations ... The fate of humanity is in his hands.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Children, Moving, School

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• If you love something, set it free.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Love, Modern Family, Getting Back Together

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• The occasion is piled high with difficulty. We must rise to the occasion.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Basketball, Babylon, Difficulty

  Abraham Lincoln (1907). “The Lincoln Year Book: Axioms and Aphorisms from the Great Emancipator”, p.13, Library of Alexandria

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