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Abraham Lincoln Quotes

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Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, is remembered for his leadership, wisdom, and unwavering commitment to unity and justice. His words often reflect integrity, perseverance, and a deep understanding of human nature. The following quotes capture Lincoln’s timeless insights on leadership, morality, and the enduring values that shaped a nation.

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In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and, to the young, it comes with bitterest agony, because it takes them unawares. The older have learned to ever expect it. I am anxious to afford some alleviation of your present distress. Perfect relief is not possible, except with time. You can not now realize that you will ever feel better. Is not this so? And yet it is a mistake. You are sure to be happy again. To know this, which is certainly true, will make you some less miserable now. I have had experience enough to know what I say; and you need only to believe it, to feel better at once.
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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.
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Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
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Whatever you are, be a good one.
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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.
--as quoted in THE RIVER OF WINGED DREAMS
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The best way to predict your future is to create it.
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If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.
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Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
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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.
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Achievement has no color
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That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
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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.
From The Gettysburg Address
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When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
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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.
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The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he made so many of them.
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Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?
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Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.
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No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.
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Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.
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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)
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I laugh because I must not cry, that is all, that is all.
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If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. -Speech at Clinton, Illinois, September 8, 1854.
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The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian dogma.
From Speeches and Writings 1832–1858
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In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and, to the young, it comes with bitterest agony, because it takes them unawares. The older have learned to ever expect it. I am anxious to afford some alleviation of your present distress. Perfect relief is not possible, except with time. You can not now realize that you will ever feel better. Is not this so? And yet it is a mistake. You are sure to be happy again. To know this, which is certainly true, will make you some less miserable now. I have had experience enough to know what I say; and you need only to believe it, to feel better at once.
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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.
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Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
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Whatever you are, be a good one.
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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.
--as quoted in THE RIVER OF WINGED DREAMS
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The best way to predict your future is to create it.
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If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.
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Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
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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.
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Achievement has no color
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That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
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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.
From The Gettysburg Address
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When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
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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.
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The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he made so many of them.
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Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?
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Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.
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No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.
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Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.
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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)
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I laugh because I must not cry, that is all, that is all.
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If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. -Speech at Clinton, Illinois, September 8, 1854.
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The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian dogma.
From Speeches and Writings 1832–1858
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In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and, to the young, it comes with bitterest agony, because it takes them unawares. The older have learned to ever expect it. I am anxious to afford some alleviation of your present distress. Perfect relief is not possible, except with time. You can not now realize that you will ever feel better. Is not this so? And yet it is a mistake. You are sure to be happy again. To know this, which is certainly true, will make you some less miserable now. I have had experience enough to know what I say; and you need only to believe it, to feel better at once.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
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.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Whatever you are, be a good one.
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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.
--as quoted in THE RIVER OF WINGED DREAMS
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The best way to predict your future is to create it.
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If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.
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Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
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.
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Achievement has no color
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That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
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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.
From The Gettysburg Address
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When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
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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.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he made so many of them.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
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)
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I laugh because I must not cry, that is all, that is all.
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If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. -Speech at Clinton, Illinois, September 8, 1854.
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The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian dogma.
From Speeches and Writings 1832–1858
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