Abraham Lincoln Quotes (130+)

Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

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 the light I have.

Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.

I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

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

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.

Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him labor diligently and build one for himself.

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.