Abraham Lincoln
17 quotations in the Facts and Quotes library attributed to Abraham Lincoln.
- A house divided against itself cannot stand.
- Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.
- I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.
- You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.
- Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be
- Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
- Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
- When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.
- The best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time.
- Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
- As our case is new, we must think and act anew.
- Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
- Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
- I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.
- Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.
- Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.
- I will prepare and some day my chance will come.