Famous Abraham-Lincoln Quote

Famous Abraham-Lincoln Quote

The Almighty has his own purposes.

It is not best to swap horses while crossing the river.

Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.

Beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories.

Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of purpose between the Almighty and them.

In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve.

Let us have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

Nobody has ever expected me to be president. In my poor, lean lank face nobody has ever seen that any cabbages were sprouting.

I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views.

Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world?

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.

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.

I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Mail This Quote He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Mail This Quote I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) , in a letter to Mrs. O.H. Browning, April 1, 1838

Mail This Quote If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Mail This Quote Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Mail This Quote No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Mail This Quote Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Mail This Quote The ballot is stronger than the bullet
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) , 1856

Mail This Quote The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Mail This Quote Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

What is conservatism? Is it not the adherence to the old and tried against the new and untried?
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Mail This Quote What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Mail This Quote Whatever you are, be a good one.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Mail This Quote Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Mail This Quote With the catching end the pleasures of the chase.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Mail This Quote 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.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Mail This Quote You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Best friends are like stain glass windows they are beautiful but when they break its hard to put back together.
Unknown

Meeting you was fate, becoming your friend was a choice, but falling in love with you I had no control over.
Unknown

Well, it seems to me that the best relationships - the ones that last - are frequently the ones that are rooted in friendship. You know, one day you look at the person and you see something more than you did the night before. Like a switch has been flicked somewhere. And the person who was just a friend is... suddenly the only person you can ever imagine yourself with.
Gillian Anderson

How rare and wonderful is that flash of a moment when we realize we have discovered a friend.
Unknown

The person, who causes the downfall of a noble woman... who causes loss to his friend...who despite of his superiority is ignorant, is called a fallen man.
Atharva Veda