“Abraham Lincoln was asked by an aide about the church service he had attended. Lincoln responded that the minister was inspired, interesting, well-prepared, eloquent and the topic relevant. The aide said, “Then it was a good service?” Lincoln responded, “No.” The aide protested, “But, Mr. President, you said that the minister was inspired, interesting, well-prepared, eloquent, and that the topic was relevant.” “Yes,” replied Lincoln, “but he didn’t challenge us to do any great thing.”

Abraham Lincoln

“Get books, sit yourself down anywhere, and go to reading them yourself.”

Abraham Lincoln

“All I have learned, I learned from books.”

Abraham Lincoln

“Don't give up. Come on. Just keep on trying. Don't frown. Smile! You can do it. If you just try a little harder. I've got a feeling this whole thing might just work out okay. You'll see. Don't give up. Tomorrow is a brand new day. Now I want to see all of you get up on your feet and look like you're enjoying yourselves. Come on, let's see some of that famous ‘Pennsylvania optimism’ I've heard so much about..." [Excerpted from the recently discovered preamble to Gettysburg Address]”

Abraham Lincoln

“Laughter can be used to sooth the mind and get rid of those awful thoughts.”

Abraham Lincoln

“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.”

Abraham Lincoln

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

Abraham Lincoln

“Towering genius distains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.”

Abraham Lincoln

“Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring that 'all men are created equal.' We now practically read it, 'all men are created equal, except negroes.' When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read, 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty—to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”

Abraham Lincoln

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

Abraham Lincoln

“No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent.”

Abraham Lincoln

“A half effort is a wasted effort.”

Abraham Lincoln

“The most altruistic man is the most selfish.”

Abraham Lincoln

“Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.”

Abraham Lincoln

“The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.”

Abraham Lincoln


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