Abraham Lincoln Quotes About Honor

• Honor to the soldier and sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his country's cause. Honor, also, to the citizen who cares for his brother in the field and serves, as he best can, the same cause.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Country, Veterans Day, Brother

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.32, Wildside Press LLC

• 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.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Life, Being Yourself

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

• Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Leadership, Wisdom

• A nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Hero, Long, Honor

• I believe it is an established maxim in morals that he who makes an assertion without knowing whether it is true or false, is guilty of falsehood; and the accidental truth of the assertion, does not justify or excuse him.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Truth, Lying, Believe

  Abraham Lincoln (1989). “Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 1: 1832-1858: Library of America #45”, p.141, Library of America

• Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.

  Abraham Lincoln

  War, Light, Honor

  Annual Message to Congress, 1 Dec. 1862

• As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and Laws, let every American pledge his life, his property, and his sacred honor;-let every man remember that to violate the law, is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the character of his own, and his children's liberty.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Children, Father, Character

  Abraham Lincoln, Don Edward Fehrenbacher (1977). “Abraham Lincoln, a Documentary Portrait Through His Speeches and Writings”, p.39, Stanford University Press

• The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Light, Congress And The President, Honor

  Annual Message to Congress, 1 Dec. 1862

• Through their deeds, the dead of battle have spoken more eloquently for themselves than any of the living ever could. But we can only honor them by rededicating ourselves to the cause for which they gave a last full measure of devotion.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Honor, Battle, Deeds

• Honor is better than honors.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Business, Integrity, Honor

• 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

• With this honor devolves upon you also a corresponding responsibility. As the country herein trusts you, so under God it will sustain you.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Country, War, Responsibility

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.234, Wildside Press LLC

• Always let your subordinates know that the honor will be all theirs if they succeed and the blame will be yours if they fail.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Success, Honor, Succeed

• Being President is like the man who was tarred and feathered and ridden out of town on a rail... A man in the crowd asked how he liked it, and his reply was that if it wasn't for the honor of the thing, he would much rather walk.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Men, Honor, President

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

• 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

• Gratefully accepting the proffered honor, [to inscribe a new legal work to him] I give the leave, begging only that the inscription may be in modest terms, not representing me as a man of great learning, or a very extraordinary one in any respect.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Learning, Men, Giving

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