Abraham Lincoln Quotes (130+)

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

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present.

Adhere to your purpose and you will soon feel as well as you ever did. On the contrary, if you falter, and give up, you will lose the power of keeping any resolution, and will regret it all your life.

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all.

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

The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

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

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

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.