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200+ Abraham Lincoln Quotes on Success, Leadership, and Democracy

Abraham Lincoln quotes offer a powerful and thought-provoking glimpse into the mind and beliefs of one of America’s most iconic and respected leaders.

As the 16th President of the United States, Lincoln led the country through one of its most trying times, the Civil War, and his words continue to resonate with people to this day. From his speeches to his letters, Lincoln’s words are a testament to his wisdom, compassion, and leadership.

Whether you are a history buff, a student of politics, or simply someone looking for inspiration, these quotes offer valuable insights into the human experience and the world we live in.

A capacity, and taste, for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.
मैं तैयारी करूँगा और मेरा मौका आएगा।
That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
Be with a leader when he is right, stay with him when he is still right, but leave him when he is wrong.
Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we, as a people, can be engaged in.
If the people of Utah shall peacefully form a State Constitution tolerating polygamy, will the Democracy admit them into the Union?
Avoid popularity if you would have peace.
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

175 Famous Quotes by Abraham Lincoln

Here are some famous quotes by Abraham Lincoln to guide us through trying times:

  • A capacity, and taste, for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.
  • A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.
  • A house divided against itself cannot stand.
  • A living dog is better than a dead lion.’ Judge Douglas, if not a dead lion for this work, is at least a caged and toothless one. How can he oppose the advances of slavery? He don’t care anything about it.
  • A private soldier has as much right to justice as a majorgeneral.
  • A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.
  • All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.
  • All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years.
  • Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion,and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such purpose and you allow him to make war at pleasure.
  • Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.
  • Among the friends of Union, there is great diversity of sentiment and of policy in regard to slavery and the African race among us.
  • Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable a most sacred right a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.
  • At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.
  • Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets.
  • Being elected to Congress, though I am very grateful to our friends for having done it, has not pleased me as much as I expected.
  • Biographies, as generally written, are not only misleading but false… In most instances, they commemorate a lie and cheat posterity out of the truth.
  • Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren’t very new at all.
  • By what principle of original right is it that onefiftieth or one-ninetieth of a great nation, by calling themselves a State, have the right to break up and ruin that nation as a matter of original principle?
  • Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.
  • Concede that the new government of Louisiana is only to what it should be, as the egg is to the fowl; we shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it.
  • Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.
  • Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?
  • Don’t interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.
  • Don’t swap horses in crossing a stream.
  • Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellowmen, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition is yet to be developed.
  • Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old.
  • Everybody likes a compliment.
  • Extemporaneous speaking should be practiced and cultivated. It is the lawyer’s avenue to the public. However able and faithful he may be in other respects, people are slow to bring him business if he cannot make a speech.
  • Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.
  • Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
  • Gold is good in its place; but loving, brave, patriotic men are better than gold.
  • He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
  • He who molds the public sentiment… makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.
  • Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.
  • How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn’t make it a leg.
  • 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.
  • I am humble . I have been solicited by my friends to become a candidate for the Legislature. My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman’s dance.
  • I am like a man so busy in letting rooms in one end of his house, that he can’t stop to put out the fire that is burning the other.
  • I am naturally antislavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I can not remember when I did not so think and feel.
  • I am rather inclined to silence.
  • I believe it is universally understood and acknowledged that all men will ever act correctly, unless they have a motive to do otherwise.
  • I believe this government cannot endure permanently, half slave and half free.
  • I can express all my views on the slavery question by quotations from Henry Clay.
  • I can make more generals, but horses cost money.
  • I care not much for a man’s religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.
  • I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end… I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me.
  • I do not expect the Union to be dissolved I do not expect the house to fall but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other.
  • I don’t know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
  • I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.
  • I go for all sharing the privileges of the government, who assist in bearing its burdens. Consequently, I go for admitting all whites to the right of suffrage, who pay taxes or bear arms (by no means excluding females).
  • I go to assume a task more difficult than that which devolved upon Washington. Unless the great God, who assisted him, shall be with me and aid me, I must fail; but if the same omniscient mind and almighty arm that directed and protected him shall guide and support me, I shall not fail I shall succeed.
  • I have always been an oldline Henry Clay Whig.
  • I have always hated slavery, I think, as much as any abolitionist. I have been an Old Line Whig. I have always hated it, but I have always been quiet about it until this new era of the introduction of the Nebraska Bill began.
  • I have great respect for the semicolon; it is a mighty handy little fellow.
  • I have said a hundred times, and I have no inclination to take it back, that I believe there is no right, and ought to be no inclination in the people of the free States to enter into the slave States, and to interfere with the question of slavery at all. I have said that always.
  • I have talked with great men, and I do not see how they differ from others.
  • I hold that while man exists, it is his duty to improve not only his own condition, but to assist in ameliorating mankind.
  • I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country’s cause.
  • I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right; but it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation may be on the Lord’s side.
  • I learned a great many years ago that in a fight between husband and wife, a third party should never get between the woman’s skillet and the man’s axhelve.
  • 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.
  • I never went to school more than six months in my life, but I can say this: that among my earliest recollections, I remember how, when a mere child, I used to get irritated when anybody talked to me in a way I could not understand.
  • I perhaps ought to say that individually I never was much interested in the Texas question. I never could see much good to come of annexation, inasmuch as they were already a free republican people on our own model.
  • I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
  • I should like to know if, taking this old Declaration of Independence, which declares that all men are equal upon principle, you begin making exceptions to it, where will you stop? If one man says it does not mean a Negro, why not another say it does not mean some other man?
  • I think that slavery is wrong, morally, socially and politically. I desire that it should be no further spread in these United States, and I should not object if it should gradually terminate in the whole Union.
  • I understand a ship to be made for the carrying and preservation of the cargo, and so long as the ship can be saved, with the cargo, it should never be abandoned. This Union likewise should never be abandoned unless it fails and the possibility of its preservation shall cease to exist, without throwing passengers and cargo overboard.
  • I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known.
  • I will prepare and some day my chance will come.
  • If a man had more than one life, I think a little hanging would not hurt this one; but after he is once dead, we cannot bring him back, no matter how sorry we may be; so the boy shall be pardoned.
  • If ever I feel the soul within me elevate and expand to those dimensions not wholly unworthy of its Almighty Architect, it is when I contemplate the cause of my country, deserted by all the world beside, and I standing up boldly and lone and hurling defiance at her victorious oppressors.
  • If I like a thing, it just sticks after once reading it or hearing it.
  • If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business.
  • If I were twofaced, would I be wearing this one?
  • If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellowcitizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.
  • If the great American people will only keep their temper, on both sides of the line, the troubles will come to an end, and the question which now distracts the country will be settled just as surely as all other difficulties of like character which have originated in this government have been adjusted.
  • If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
  • If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.
  • If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it.
  • If you think you can slander a woman into loving you, or a man into voting for you, try it till you are satisfied.
  • Illinois surpasses every other spot of equal extent upon the face of the globe in fertility of soil and in the proportionable amount of the same which is sufficiently level for actual cultivation.
  • Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.
  • In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong.
  • In my view of the present aspect of affairs, there is no need of bloodshed and war. There is no necessity for it. I am not in favor of such a course, and I may say in advance, there will be no blood shed unless it be forced upon the government. The government will not use force unless force is used against it.
  • In so far as the government lands can be disposed of, I am in favor of cutting up the wild lands into parcels so that every poor man may have a home.
  • In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and to the young, it comes with bitterest agony because it takes them unawares. I have had experience enough to know what I say.
  • It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
  • It has so happened in all ages of the world that some have labored, and others have, without labor, enjoyed a large proportion of the fruits.
  • It is a great piece of folly to attempt to make anything out of my early life.
  • It is a quality of revolutions not to go by old lines or old laws, but to break up both and make new ones.
  • It is not my nature, when I see a people borne down by the weight of their shackles the oppression of tyranny to make their life more bitter by heaping upon them greater burdens; but rather would I do all in my power to raise the yoke than to add anything that would tend to crush them.
  • It is rather for us here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion.
  • It is with your aid, as the people, that I think we shall be able to preserve not the country, for the country will preserve itself, but the institutions of the country those institutions which have made us free, intelligent and happy the most free, the most intelligent, and the happiest people on the globe.
  • It was that which gave promise that in due time the weights should be lifted from the shoulders of all men, and that all should have an equal chance. This is the sentiment embodied in that Declaration of Independence.
  • Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
  • Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
  • 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.
  • Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges; let it be written in primers, spelling books, and in almanacs; let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice.
  • Let the people on both sides keep their selfpossession, and just as other clouds have cleared away in due time, so will this, and this great nation shall continue to prosper as before.
  • Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.
  • Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.
  • Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.
  • My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.
  • My father… removed from Kentucky to… Indiana, in my eighth year… It was a wild region, with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods. There I grew up… Of course when I came of age, I did not know much. Still somehow, I could read, write, and cipher… but that was all.
  • My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
  • My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
  • My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families second families, perhaps I should say.
  • Never regret what you don’t write.
  • Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this.
  • No man is good enough to govern another man without the other’s consent.
  • No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.
  • No policy that does not rest upon some philosophical public opinion can be permanently maintained.
  • Nothing new here, except my marrying, which to me is a matter of profound wonder.
  • Oh, yes; you Virginians shed barrels of perspiration while standing off at a distance and superintending the work your slaves do for you. It is different with us. Here it is every fellow for himself, or he doesn’t get there.
  • Our Declaration of Independence was held sacred by all and thought to include all; but now, to aid in making the bondage of the Negro universal and eternal, it is assailed, sneered at, construed, hawked at, and torn, till, if its framers could rise from their graves, they could not at all recognize it.
  • Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors.
  • Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.
  • Repeal the Missouri Compromise repeal all compromises repeal the Declaration of Independence repeal all past history, you still cannot repeal human nature. It will be the abundance of man’s heart that slavery extension is wrong; and out of the abundance of his heart, his mouth will continue to speak.
  • Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.
  • 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.
  • Slavery is founded in the selfishness of man’s nature opposition to it is his love of justice. These principles are an eternal antagonism; and when brought into collision so fiercely, as slavery extension brings them, shocks and throes and convulsions must ceaselessly follow.
  • Some day I shall be President.
  • Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.
  • Standing as I do, with my hand upon this staff, and under the folds of the American flag, I ask you to stand by me so long as I stand by it.
  • Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality.
  • That I am not a member of any Christian church is true; but I have never denied the truth of the Scriptures, and I have never spoken with intentional disrespect of religion in general, or of any denomination of Christians in particular.
  • That our government should have been maintained in its original form from its establishment until now is not much to be wondered at. It had many props to support it through that period, which now are decayed and crumbled away. Through that period, it was felt by all to be an undecided experiment; now, it is understood to be a successful one.
  • That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
  • The assertion that ‘all men are created equal’ was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use.
  • The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
  • The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.
  • 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.
  • The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
  • The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every calling, is diligence.
  • The legal right of the Southern people to reclaim their fugitives I have constantly admitted. The legal right of Congress to interfere with their institution in the states, I have constantly denied.
  • The man who could go to Africa and rob her of her children, and then sell them into interminable bondage, with no other motive than that which is furnished by dollars and cents, is so much worse than the most depraved murderer that he can never receive pardon at my hand.
  • The mystic cords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone, all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the angels of our nature.
  • The people know their rights, and they are never slow to assert and maintain them when they are invaded.
  • The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.
  • The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.
  • The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.
  • The point the power to hurt of all figures lies in the truthfulness of their application.
  • 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.
  • The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep’s throat, for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty. Plainly, the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of liberty.
  • The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who’ll get me a book I ain’t read.
  • The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.
  • The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.
  • There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law.
  • There may sometimes be ungenerous attempts to keep a young man down; and they will succeed, too, if he allows his mind to be diverted from its true channel to brood over the attempted injury.
  • These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people; and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are called upon to appropriate the people’s money to settle the quarrel.
  • These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have.
  • This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it.
  • To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.
  • To the best of my judgment, I have labored for, and not against, the Union. As I have not felt, so I have not expressed any harsh sentiment towards our Southern brethren. I have constantly declared, as I really believed, the only difference between them and us is the difference of circumstances.
  • Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.
  • True patriotism is better than the wrong kind of piety.
  • Upon the subjects of which I have treated, I have spoken as I have thought. I may be wrong in regard to any or all of them; but, holding it a sound maxim that it is better only sometimes to be right than at all times to be wrong, so soon as I discover my opinions to be erroneous, I shall be ready to renounce them.
  • We find ourselves under the government of a system of political institutions, conducing more essentially to the ends of civil and religious liberty, than any of which the history of former times tells us.
  • We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.
  • We think the Dred Scott decision is erroneous. We know the court that made it has often overruled its own decisions, and we shall do what we can to have it overrule this.
  • What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.
  • Whatever woman may cast her lot with mine, should any ever do so, it is my intention to do all in my power to make her happy and contented; and there is nothing I can imagine that would make me more unhappy than to fail in the effort.
  • When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend onethird of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and twothirds about him and what he is going to say.
  • When I do good I feel good, when I do bad I feel bad, and that’s my religion.
  • When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.
  • When Southern people tell us they are no more responsible for the origin of slavery than we are, I acknowledge the fact. When it is said that the institution exists, and that it is very difficult to get rid of it in any satisfactory way, I can understand and appreciate the saying.
  • When the white man governs himself, that is selfgovernment; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than selfgovernment that is despotism.
  • When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it’s best to let him run.
  • Whether slavery shall go into Nebraska, or other new territories, is not a matter of exclusive concern to the people who may go there. The whole nation is interested that the best use shall be made of these territories. We want them for the homes of free white people.
  • Why was the amendment, expressly declaring the right of the people to exclude slavery, voted down? Plainly enough now, the adoption of it would have spoiled the niche for the Dred Scott decision.
  • With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.
  • You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
  • You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
  • You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.
  • You may think it was a very little thing, and in these days it seems to me like a trifle, but it was a most important incident in my life. I could scarcely credit that I, the poor boy, had earned a dollar in less than a day; that by honest work, I had earned a dollar. I was a more hopeful and thoughtful boy from that time.

8 Abraham Lincoln Quotes in Hindi

Here are some thought-provoking Abraham Lincoln quotes in Hindi:

  • मैं तैयारी करूँगा और मेरा मौका आएगा।
  • मैं जो भी हूँ, या होने की आशा करता हूँ, उसका श्रेय मेरी माँ को जाता है।
  • जो लोग दूसरों को आजादी नहीं देते, उन्हें खुद भी इसका हक नहीं होता।
  • कार्य की अधिकता से उकताने वाले व्यक्ति कभी कोई बड़ा कार्य नहीं कर सकते।
  • उस व्यक्ति को आलोचना करने का अधिकार है, जो सहायता करने की भावना रखता है।
  • भविष्य के सन्दर्भ में सबसे बढ़िया बात यह है कि ये एक दिन निश्चित समय पर आता है।
  • यदि आप एक बार अपने साथी का भरोसा तोड़ दें तो फिर कभी उनका सत्कार और सम्मान नहीं पा सकेंगे।
  • अगर कुत्ते की पूँछ को पैर कहें, तो कुत्ते के कितने पैर हुए ? चार। पूँछ को पैर कहने से वो पैर नहीं हो जाती।

6 Abraham Lincoln Quotes on Success

Check out these Abraham Lincoln quotes on success:

  • That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
  • Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
  • Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
  • No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
  • If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend.
  • We can succeed only by concert. It is not, ‘Can any of us imagine better,’ but, ‘Can we all do better?’

3 Leadership Abraham Lincoln Quotes

Here are a few leadership quotes by Abraham Lincoln:

  • Be with a leader when he is right, stay with him when he is still right, but leave him when he is wrong.
  • I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
  • Tact: the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

3 Abraham Lincoln Quotes on Education

Check out these quotes by Abraham Lincoln on education:

  • Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we, as a people, can be engaged in.
  • It would astonish if not amuse the older citizens to learn that I (a strange, friendless, uneducated, penniless boy, working at ten dollars per month) have been put down as the candidate of pride, wealth, and aristocratic family distinction.
  • For my part, I desire to see the time when education and by its means, morality, sobriety, enterprise and industry shall become much more general than at present, and should be gratified to have it in my power to contribute something to the advancement of any measure which might have a tendency to accelerate the happy period.

6 Abraham Lincoln Democracy Quotes

Here are some memorable Abraham Lincoln quotes on democracy:

  • If the people of Utah shall peacefully form a State Constitution tolerating polygamy, will the Democracy admit them into the Union?
  • If there should prove to be one real, living Free State Democrat in Kansas, I suggest that it might be well to catch him and stuff and preserve his skin as an interesting specimen of that soontobeextinct variety of the genus Democrat.
  • As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
  • He who would be no slave must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves and, under a just God, cannot long retain it.
  • In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free honorable alike in that we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.
  • We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

6 Abraham Lincoln Motivational Quotes

These are some motivational quotes by Abraham Lincoln that will help you get through the tough times:

  • A man watches his pear tree day after day, impatient for the ripening of the fruit. Let him attempt to force the process, and he may spoil both fruit and tree. But let him patiently wait, and the ripe pear at length falls into his lap.
  • Avoid popularity if you would have peace.
  • Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
  • Don’t worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.
  • Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
  • I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.

3 Abraham Lincoln Inspirational Quotes

Here are some inspirational quotes by Abraham Lincoln to keep you going:

  • 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 by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.
  • I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
  • I do the very best I know how the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.

4 Abraham Lincoln Quotes About Life

Here are some valuable quotes on life by Abraham Lincoln:

  • I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
  • I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.
  • I pass my life in preventing the storm from blowing down the tent, and I drive in the pegs as fast as they are pulled up.
  • I was born and have ever remained in the most humble walks of life.

5 Abraham Lincoln Birthday Quotes

Here are some birthday quotes for Abraham Lincoln on his special day:

  • Happy birthday to one of the most inspiring leaders in American history, Abraham Lincoln. Your wisdom and compassion continue to inspire us to this day.
  • Today, we celebrate the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, one of the most iconic figures in American history. His leadership and words continue to inspire us, and we wish him a very happy birthday.
  • On this day, we remember the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, one of the most respected and revered leaders in America’s history. Wishing you all the best on your special day.
  • Abraham Lincoln, your words and deeds continue to inspire us even after all these years. On your birthday, we honor your legacy and wish you a very happy birthday.
  • Happy birthday to one of America’s greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln. Your leadership and vision during one of the country’s most difficult times will always be remembered.

FAQ

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He is widely considered one of America’s greatest heroes due to his role as leader in the American Civil War, preserving the Union, ending slavery, strengthening the federal government and modernizing the economy.

He is also remembered for his speeches like the Gettysburg Address and his Emancipation Proclamation. Lincoln is often depicted as the “Great Emancipator” and he is honored in many ways, such as the Lincoln Memorial, Lincoln Penny and Lincoln Highway.

When was Abraham Lincoln born?

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in a one-room log cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky.

Who was Abraham Lincoln’s wife?

Abraham Lincoln’s wife was Mary Todd Lincoln. They were married on November 4, 1842, in Springfield, Illinois.

How many children did Abraham Lincoln have?

Abraham Lincoln had 4 children with his wife Mary Todd Lincoln- Robert Todd Lincoln, Tad Lincoln, William Wallace Lincoln, and Edward Baker Lincoln.

What did Abraham Lincoln do before he became President?

Before he became President, Abraham Lincoln had a diverse career that included working as a store clerk, postmaster, surveyor, and lawyer. He also served as a member of the Illinois state legislature and as a U.S. Congressman.

What were Abraham Lincoln’s political views?

Abraham Lincoln was a member of the Whig Party and later the Republican Party. He was a strong advocate for the abolition of slavery and believed in a strong federal government.

What were some of the major events during Abraham Lincoln’s presidency?

During his presidency, Abraham Lincoln dealt with the Civil War, the abolition of slavery, and the preservation of the Union. He also delivered the famous Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation.

What was the main goal of Abraham Lincoln’s presidency?

The main goal of Abraham Lincoln’s presidency was to preserve the Union and put an end to slavery.

What was Abraham Lincoln’s stance on slavery?

Abraham Lincoln was a strong opponent of slavery and believed it was morally wrong. He also believed that slavery was a major cause of the Civil War and worked to abolish it during his presidency.

How did Abraham Lincoln’s presidency change America?

Abraham Lincoln’s presidency changed America in many ways, including the preservation of the Union, the abolition of slavery, and the passage of important legislation such as the Homestead Act. His leadership during the Civil War also helped to reshape the country’s political and social landscape.

What was Abraham Lincoln’s role in the Civil War?

Abraham Lincoln was the commander-in-chief of the Union Army during the Civil War. He also played a key role in shaping the Union’s strategy and was instrumental in the eventual defeat of the Confederacy.

How did Abraham Lincoln’s presidency impact the economy?

During his presidency, Abraham Lincoln signed the National Banking Act and the Revenue Act, which helped stabilize the economy and improve the national currency. The Homestead Act also provided land for settlers in the West, which helped promote economic growth.

What was Abraham Lincoln’s relationship with Congress like?

Abraham Lincoln’s relationship with Congress was often contentious, particularly with the Radical Republicans. However, he was able to pass important legislation such as the Homestead Act and the Emancipation Proclamation with the support of moderate Republicans.

How did Abraham Lincoln die?

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, while attending a play at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C.

How is Abraham Lincoln remembered today?

Abraham Lincoln is remembered as one of America’s greatest Presidents and one of the most iconic figures in American history. His leadership during the Civil War, the abolition of slavery, and his speeches, such as the Gettysburg Address, are considered some of the most important in American history.

Asma Ahmed

I identify myself as a quodophile and linguaphile, a lover of quotes and all things language. My eagerness to learn new things has helped me become fluent in several languages and still crave more knowledge. My passion for words, literature, and wisdom is evident in my writing, where I constantly explore the beauty and power of quotes as well as the meaning and context behind them. With India being my home, I am constantly seeking inspiration from its diverse cultures and languages. But my journey goes beyond the borders of the country, in which I explore global cultures and languages to create a connection between the readers and the messages of the quotes I collect. I believe words have the power to change perspectives, evoke emotions, and guide people. In my free time, I can be found scouring books, articles, and social media for new quotes to add to my collection. I am forever on the lookout for new wisdom to share with the world.

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