Abraham Lincoln Quotes (130+)

Enjoy the best Abraham Lincoln Quotes. Quotations by Abraham Lincoln (16th President of the United States, Lawyer)
Jan 01, 1970 - Jan 01, 1970

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

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.

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.

Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

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

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

Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.

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Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States. He led the nation through the American Civil War, its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis. Lincoln succeeded in preserving the Union, abolishing slavery, bolstering the federal government, and modernizing the U.S. economy.