Inspirational Quotes by Abraham Lincoln — Words of Wisdom for Daily Success

“Writing, the art of communicating thoughts to the mind through the eye, is the great invention of the world...enabling us to converse with the dead, the absent, and the unborn, at all distances of time and space.”

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

“I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down.”

“Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.”

“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.”

“When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.”

“The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian dogma.”

“It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.”

“I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.”

“The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearth-stone, all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.”

“Take all that you can of this book upon reason, and the balance on faith, and you will live and die a happier man. (When a skeptic expressed surprise to see him reading a Bible)”

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

“I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to”

“in times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and eternity.”

“A house divided cannot stand.”

“I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me.”

“No man is poor who has a Godly mother.”

“Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.”

“I don't like to hear cut and dried sermons. No—when I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.”

“In regards to this great Book [the Bible], I have but to say it is the best gift God has given to man. All the good the Savior gave to the world was communicated through this Book. But for it we could not know right from wrong. All things most desirable for man's welfare, here and hereafter, are found portrayed in it.”

“What is to be, will be, and no prayers of ours can arrest the decree.”

“No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.”

“If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?”

“The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he made so many of them.”

“I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.”

“Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?”

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

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

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”

“A house divided against itself cannot stand.”

“Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.”

“I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.”

“You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.”

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

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

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

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

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

“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 our case is new, we must think and act anew.”

“Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.”

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

“I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.”

“Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.”

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

“I will prepare and some day my chance will come.”