Quotes from Abraham Lincoln
The working men are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they are the most numerous.
- Abraham Lincoln
I am like a man so busy in letting rooms in one end of his house, that he can't stop to put out the fire that is burning the other.
- Abraham Lincoln
"Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."
- Abraham Lincoln
All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.
- Abraham Lincoln
With malice towards none; with charity for all.
- Abraham Lincoln
We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
- Abraham Lincoln
We must work earnestly in the best light He gives us.
- Abraham Lincoln
If you intend to go to work there is no better place than right where you are; if you do not intend to go to work, you can not get along anywhere.
- Abraham Lincoln
I am always for the man who wishes to work.
- Abraham Lincoln
If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend.
- Abraham Lincoln
The best way to get rid of your enemies is to make them your friends.
- Abraham Lincoln
If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
- Abraham Lincoln