Abraham Lincoln Inspirational Quotes

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  Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Quoted in Francis Carpenter, Six Months at the White House with Abraham Lincoln (1866)
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  We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

• I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Life, 4th Of July

  Abraham Lincoln, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (1950). “The Lincoln treasury”
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  You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Basketball, Peace

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

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Positive, Religious

  Quoted inWilliam H. Herndon and JesseW.Weik, Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life (1889)
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  I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Abraham Lincoln (1999). “The Wit & Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Treasury of Quotations, Anecdotes, and Observations”, Gramercy

• Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

• Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Attributed in "Forbes", Volume 102, 1968.

• 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

• In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

• You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Greatness, Men

• Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Beginnings: A New Perspective: Life Is Not about the Beginning Or the Ending. It is about the Present Moment" by Catherine Zeeb, Xlibris Corporation, (p. 94), May 12, 2010.

• I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Basketball, Opportunity

• He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Love, Inspirational, Life

• The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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

• That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Success

• I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Friendship, Best Friend

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

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Gene Griessman, Abraham Lincoln (1998). “The Words Lincoln Lived By: 52 Timeless Principles to Light Your Path”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

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

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, People, Looks

• I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Truth

  Abraham Lincoln (1999). “The Wit & Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Treasury of Quotations, Anecdotes, and Observations”, Gramercy

• The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Motivational, Perseverance

  The Sub-Treasury Speech Springfield, Illinois December 26, 1839

• It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Courage

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

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Success, Honesty

  Abraham Lincoln (1982). “Abraham Lincoln, wisdom & wit”, Peter Pauper Pr

• I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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

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