Abraham Lincoln Quotes - Page 3

I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.

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

My Best Friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.

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

Get books, sit yourself down anywhere, and go to reading them yourself.

The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll git me a book I ain't read. (ca. 1825; in Sandburg, Prairie Years, I, p. 71)

I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down.

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

My greatest concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are concerned with your failure.

Hypocrite: The man who murdered his parents, and then pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan.

When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say.

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." &
“These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people”
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I may be wrong in regard to any or all of them; but holding it a sound maxim, that it is better to be only sometimes right, than at all times wrong, so soon as I discover my opinions to be erroneous, I shall be ready to renounce them.

There are no bad pictures; that's just how your face looks sometimes.

How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.

Anybody will do for you, but not for me. I must have somebody.

It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is apt to lead to infidelity.

Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution, never to violate in the least particular, the laws of the country; and never to tolerate their violation by others.

I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.

We shall need all the anti-slavery feeling in the country, and more; you can go home and try to bring the people to your views, and you may say anything you like about me, if that will help... When the hour comes for dealing with slavery, I trust I will be willing to do my duty though it cost my life.