Quotes from Abraham Lincoln

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all.

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.

Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves

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

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

I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.

Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.

I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

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.

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody.

I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.

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

All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.

No man is poor who has a Godly mother.

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.

I laugh because I must not cry, that is all, that is all.

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.

I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.

I was born and have ever remained in the most humble walks of life.