Abraham Lincoln Quotes & Sayings

“And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.”

“Don't criticize them; they are just what we would be under similar circumstances.”

“You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.”

“Wanting to work is so rare a merit that it should be encouraged.”

“Our attitude is more honest and more consistent than our words.”

“Leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done today.”

“The best way to predict your future is to create it.”

“Good things come to people who wait, but better things come to those who go out and get them.”

“For it has been said, all that a man hath will he give for his life; and while all contribute of their substance, the soldier puts his life at stake and often yields it up in his country's cause. The highest merit, then, is due to the soldier.”

“My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman's dance.”

“If we believe the Bible, we must accept the fact that in the old days God and his angels came to humans in their sleep and made themselves known in dreams.”

“The Father of Waters again goes unvexed to the sea.”

“The person who is incapable of making a mistake is incapable of anything.”

“I am always for the man who wishes to work.”

“If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.”

“Our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in our bosoms.”

“Politics, as a trade, finds most and leaves nearly all dishonest.”

“Half-finished work generally proves to be labor lost.”

“You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich.”

“I was raised to farm work.”

“Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; it is a positive good.”

“Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed.”

“Great men are ordinary men with extraordinary determination.”

“Adhere to your purpose and you will soon feel as well as you ever did. On the contrary, if you falter and give up, you will lose the power of keeping any resolution and will regret it all your life.”