Abraham Lincoln Quotes - Page 11

• Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Bulldogs, Holding On, Choke

  Abraham Lincoln, H. Jack Lang (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches”, p.234, Stackpole Books

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• Most people are as happy as they want to be.

  Abraham Lincoln

  People, Want

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• 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

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• I will either be America's greatest president or its last.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Badass, America, President

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• I have stepped out upon this platform that I may see you and that you may see me, and in the arrangement I have the best of the bargain.

  Abraham Lincoln

  War, May, Platforms

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.218, Wildside Press LLC

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• Why don't I drink from a straw? Because straws are for suckers.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Drinking, President, Politician

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• If any man tells you he loves America, yet hates labor, he is a liar. If any man tells you he trusts America, yet fears labor, he is a fool.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Trust, Hate, Liars

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• I have no purpose to introduce political and social equality between the white and black races. There is physical difference between the two which, in my judgment, will probably forever forbid their living together upon the footing of perfect equality, and inasmuch as it becomes a necessity that there must be a difference, I, as well as Judge Douglas, am in favor of the race to which I belong having the superior position.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Two, White, Differences

  Abraham Lincoln (2009). “The Portable Abraham Lincoln”, p.132, Penguin

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• Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Motivational, Work, Safety

  Abraham Lincoln, Mario Matthew Cuomo, G. S. Boritt (2004). “Lincoln on Democracy”, p.315, Fordham Univ Press

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• I say 'try'; if we never try, we shall never succeed.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Trying, Succeed, Last Words

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.461, Wildside Press LLC

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

  Abraham Lincoln

  Positive, Wisdom, Attitude

  "Wisdom of a forefather" by Colorado State University, February 11, 2009.

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• Wanting to work is so rare a merit, that it should be encouraged.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Work, Political, Politics

  Gene Griessman, Abraham Lincoln (1998). “The Words Lincoln Lived By: 52 Timeless Principles to Light Your Path”, p.30, Simon and Schuster

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• Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Motivational, Success, Humor

  Quoted in John Hay, Diary, 24 Dec. 1863.

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• Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Progress, Rapids

  Letter to Joshua F. Speed, 24 Aug. 1855

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• Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Motivational, Success, Wisdom

  Abraham Lincoln (2009). “The Portable Abraham Lincoln”, p.143, Penguin

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• Cling to liberty and right; battle fro them; leed for them; die for them, if need be; and have confidence in God.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Battle, Liberty, Needs

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• It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.

  Abraham Lincoln

  God, Patriotic, Divorce

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.373, Wildside Press LLC

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• We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Trust, Betrayal, Keeping Promises

  Abraham Lincoln (2012). “The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)”, p.444, Jazzybee Verlag

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• If frienship is your weakest point then you are the strongest person in the world.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Friendship, World, Brilliant

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• Money powers prey upon the nation in times of peace & conspire against it in times of adversity.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Adversity, Bankers, Money Power

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• We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Motivational, Attitude, Character

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• Public opinion, though often formed upon a wrong basis, yet generally has a strong underlying sense of justice.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Strong, Justice, Public Opinion

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• 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

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

  Abraham Lincoln

  4th Of July, Patriotic, America

  Gettysburg Address, Gettysburg, Pa., 19 Nov. 1863.

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• The leading rule for a man of every calling is diligence; never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Christian, Men, Calling

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