Quotes by Abraham Lincoln

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 arent very new after all.

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

You can have anything you want if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.

The better part of ones life consists of his friendships.

If frienship is your weakest point then you are the strongest person in the world.

Have I not destroyed my enemy when I have made him into my friend?

Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God cannot retain it.

Dont interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.

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.

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.

. . . 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.- President Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg address, November 19, 1863

Be with a leader when he is right, stay with him when he is still right, but, leave him when he is wrong.

Abraham Lincoln was asked by an aide about the church service he had attended. Lincoln responded that the minister was inspired, interesting, well-prepared, eloquent and the topic relevant. The aide said, “Then it was a good service?”Lincoln responded, “No.” The aide protested,“But, Mr. President, you said that the minister was inspired, interesting, well-prepared, eloquent, and that the topic was relevant.”“Yes,” replied Lincoln, “but he didn’t challenge us to do any great thing.

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

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.

If this country is ever demoralized, it will come from trying to live without work.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a mans character, give him power.