Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.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.
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That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
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That some should be rich shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.
[Role Models]
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The assertion that "all men are created equal" was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use.
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The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
[War]
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The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
[The Future]
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The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.
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The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.
[Law]
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The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.
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The demon of intemperance ever seems to have delighted in sucking the blood of genius and of generosity.
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The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.
[History]
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The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the last generation.
[Adversity]
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The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
[Art]
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The legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people, whatever they need to have done, but cannot do at all, or cannot so well do for themselves, in their separate and individual capacities.
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The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he makes so many of them.
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The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.
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The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.
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The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.
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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.
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The riches that are in the heart can not be stolen.
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