Abraham Lincoln Quotes About Belief

• 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.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Motivational, Faith, Attitude

  Abraham Lincoln, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (1950). “The Lincoln treasury”

• The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Change, Past, Space

  Annual Message to Congress, 1 Dec. 1862

• I believe this Government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Believe, Patriotic, Government

  Speech at Republican state convention nominating him to run for U.S. senator, Springfield, Ill., 16 June 1858

• 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

• I have always believed that a good laugh was good for both the mental and physical digestion.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Laughing, Digestion, Belief

  Abraham Lincoln, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (1950). “The Lincoln treasury”

• You can have anything you want, if you want it badly enough.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Positive, Confidence

• A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved — I do not expect the house to fall — but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Believe, Fall, Government

  Speech at Republican state convention nominating him to run for U.S. senator, Springfield, Ill., 16 June 1858

• I did say, at Chicago, in my speech there, that I do wish to see the spread of slavery arrested and to see it placed where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in course of ultimate extinction.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Mind, Wish, Chicago

  David W. Bartlett, Abraham Lincoln (1860). “The Life and Public Services of Hon. Abraham Lincoln: With a Portrait on Steel. To which is Added a Biographical Sketch of Hon. Hannibal Hamlin”, p.190

• Let no young man choosing the law for a calling for a moment yield to the popular belief -- resolve to be honest at all events; and if in your own judgment you cannot be an honest lawyer, resolve to be honest without being a lawyer.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Men, Yield, Law

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln(1832-1865) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)”, p.53, ReadHowYouWant.com

• There is a vague popular belief that lawyers are necessarily dishonest. I say vague, because when we consider to what extent confidence and honors are reposed in and conferred upon lawyers by the people, it appears improbable that their impression of dishonesty is very distinct and vivid. Yet the impression is common, almost universal.

  Abraham Lincoln

  People, Honor, Vivid

  Abraham Lincoln, Mario Matthew Cuomo, G. S. Boritt (2004). “Lincoln on Democracy”, p.46, Fordham Univ Press

• I am approached with the most opposite opinions and advice, and that by religious men, who are equally certain that they represent the Divine will. I am sure that either the one or the
  other class is mistaken in that belief, and perhaps in some respects both.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Religious, Men, Opposites

  Abraham Lincoln “Speeches & Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865 by Abraham Lincoln”, Lulu.com

• I have never united myself to any church because I found difficulty in giving my assent without mental reservation to the long, complicated statements of Christian doctrine which characterize the articles of belief and the usual confession of faith.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Christian, Long, Giving

• In the way our Fathers originally left the slavery question, the institution was in the course of ultimate extinction, and the public mind rested in the belief that it was in the course of ultimate extinction . . . . All I have asked or desired anywhere, is that it should be placed back again upon the basis that the Fathers of our government originally placed it upon.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Father, Government, Mind

  Abraham Lincoln (2012). “The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)”, p.567, Jazzybee Verlag

• If it were not for my firm belief in an overruling Providence, it would be difficult for me, in the midst of such complications of affairs, to keep my reason on its seat. But I am confident that the Almighty has His plans, and will work them out; and, whether we see it or not, they will be the best for us.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Would Be, Belief, Affair

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