Abraham Lincoln quotes.

“The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.”

“Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is; the tree is the real thing.”

“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”

“Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.”

“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.”

“I would rather be a little nobody, then to be an evil somebody.”

“At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.”

“When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.”

“Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.”

“Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.”

“The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.”

“I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.”

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

“My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.”

“Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.”

“Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”

“I never had a policy I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.”

“The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. It is the one that stirs the souls of their followers.”

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

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”

“The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.”

“That some achieve great success is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.”

“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”

“Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.”

“Every man is born an original, but sadly, most men die copies.”

“I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.”

“The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.”

“Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.”

“Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.”

“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.”

“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 we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to speak well of ourselves but to speak well of other people.”

“I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause.”