“The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation.”Abraham Lincoln
“Every blade of grass is a study, and to produce two, where there was but one, is both a profit and a pleasure.”Abraham Lincoln
“When you lack interest in the case, the work will very likely lack skill and diligence in its performance.”Abraham Lincoln
“Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail.”Abraham Lincoln
“If you are going to fight, don't let them talk you into negotiating. But if you are going to negotiate, don't let them talk you into fighting.”Abraham Lincoln
“Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”Abraham Lincoln
“Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.”Abraham Lincoln
“If you wish to be a lawyer, attach no consequence to the place you are in, or the person you are with; but get books, sit down anywhere, and go to reading for yourself. That will make a lawyer of you quicker than any other way.”Abraham Lincoln
“Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.”Abraham Lincoln
“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
“If you are resolutely determined to make a lawyer of yourself, the thing is more than half done already.”Abraham Lincoln
“The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is diligence. Leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done today.”Abraham Lincoln
“I am slow to learn and slow to forget what I have learned. My mind is like a piece of steel: very hard to scratch anything on it, and almost impossible, after you get it there, to rub it out.”Abraham Lincoln
“My father taught me to work, but not to love it. I never did like to work, and I don't deny it. I'd rather read, tell stories, crack jokes, talk, laugh — anything but work.”Abraham Lincoln
“His argument is as thin as the homeopathic soup that was made by oiling the shadow of a pigeon that had been starved to death.”Abraham Lincoln
“Let no young man choosing the law as a calling for a moment yield to the popular belief — resolve to be honest at all events; and if in your own judgment you cannot be an honest lawyer, resolve to be honest without being a lawyer.”Abraham Lincoln
“I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House. I am a living witness that any one of your children may look to come here as my father's child has.”Abraham Lincoln
