Abraham Lincoln Quotes

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

Friends, Destroy

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

Chance, Prepare

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
Abraham Lincoln

Democracy, Idea, Master

Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.
Abraham Lincoln

Marriage, Hell, Heaven

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

Experience, Few, Virtues

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
Abraham Lincoln

Today, Yesterday, Wiser

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

Success, Great, Others

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.
Abraham Lincoln

Nature, Life, Mind

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.
Abraham Lincoln

Struggle, May, Support

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.
Abraham Lincoln

Pet, Fight, Matter

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.
Abraham Lincoln

Best, Enemy, Friend

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.
Abraham Lincoln

Respect, Confidence, Once

Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.
Abraham Lincoln

Before, Both, Conflict

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.
Abraham Lincoln

Peace, Avoid, Popularity

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

Justice, Found, Mercy

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

Thoughts, Show, Books

The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's 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.
Abraham Lincoln

Him, Liberty, Same

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.
Abraham Lincoln

Live, Him, Place

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.
Abraham Lincoln

Best, Tried, Policy

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 fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.
Abraham Lincoln

Great, Men, True

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.
Abraham Lincoln

God, Made, Ability

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.
Abraham Lincoln

Good, Business, Enough

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.
Abraham Lincoln

Walk, Backward, Slowly

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
Abraham Lincoln

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.
Abraham Lincoln

Him, Wrong, While

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: President

Born: February 12, 1809

Died: April 15, 1865

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