Quotes from Abraham Lincoln
Lonely men seek companionship. Lonely women sit at home and wait. They never meet.
- Abraham Lincoln
I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
- Abraham Lincoln
I regard no man as poor who has a godly mother.
- Abraham Lincoln
The people when rightly and fully trusted will return the trust.
- Abraham Lincoln
You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence.
- Abraham Lincoln
Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.
- Abraham Lincoln
A man may be loyal to his government and yet oppose the particular principles and methods of administration.
- Abraham Lincoln
Having thus chosen our course, without guile and with pure purpose, let us renew our trust in God, and go forward without fear and with manly hearts.
- Abraham Lincoln
Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.
- Abraham Lincoln
You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time.
- Abraham Lincoln
Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend the first four hours sharpening the axe.
- Abraham Lincoln
The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.
- Abraham Lincoln