Abraham Lincoln Quotes

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
Abraham Lincoln

May, Wait, Left

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.
Abraham Lincoln

Best, Friend, Book

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

Good, Religion, Bad

A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.
Abraham Lincoln

Hurt, Woman, Afraid

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No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
Abraham Lincoln

Government, Good, Enough

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.
Abraham Lincoln

Freedom, Others, Themselves

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

Today, Tomorrow, Cannot

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
Abraham Lincoln

Good, Liar, Successful

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.
Abraham Lincoln

Government, School, Philosophy

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.
Abraham Lincoln

Men, Silence, Makes

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.
Abraham Lincoln

Dog, Call, Four

I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.
Abraham Lincoln

Best, End, Mean

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

Dreams, Time, Best

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
Abraham Lincoln

Failure, Great, Whether

Whatever you are, be a good one.
Abraham Lincoln

I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.
Abraham Lincoln

Walk, Slow, Walker

With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds.
Abraham Lincoln

Work, God, Nation

Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.
Abraham Lincoln

Worry, Strive, Worthy

Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.
Abraham Lincoln

Best, Reason, Makes

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Everybody likes a compliment.
Abraham Lincoln

Everybody, Compliment, Likes

I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.
Abraham Lincoln

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.
Abraham Lincoln

Chance, Prepare

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.
Abraham Lincoln

Friends, Destroy

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.
Abraham Lincoln

History, Past, High

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

Experience, Few, Virtues

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: President

Born: February 12, 1809

Died: April 15, 1865

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