49 Abraham Lincoln’s Quotes That Are Too Powerful to Exist

1. “Sir, 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.”

2. “You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry.”

3. “I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.”

4. “When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.”

5. “You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.”

6. “Leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done today.”

7. “And in the end it is not the years in your life that count, it’s the life in your years.”

8. “If I am killed, I can die but once; but to live in constant dread of it, is to die over and over again.”

9. “I would rather be a little nobody, than to be an evil somebody.”

10. “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”

1. “And in the end it is not the years in your life that count, it’s the life in your years.”

2. “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.”

3. “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”

4. “I distrust the wisdom if not the sincerity of friends who would hold my hands while my enemies stab me.”

5. “Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.”

6.  “Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.”

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

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

9. “Great men are ordinary men with extra ordinary determination.”

10. “The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it.”

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

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

3. “I am a slow walker but I never walk back.” 

4. Great men are ordinary men with extra ordinary determination.

5. The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it.

6. You must remember that some things legally right are not morally right.

7. It is a sin to be silent when it is your duty to protest.

8. You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.

9. Kindness is the only service that will stand the storm of life and not wash out.

10. The trouble with too many people is they believe the realm of truth always lies within their vision.

1. “Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other thing.”

2. “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.”

3. “Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.”

4. “The ballot is stronger than the bullet.”

5. “My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.” 

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

7. “If you have never failed you have never lived.”

8. “It is a sin to be silent when it is your duty to protest.”

9. “Behind the cloud the sun is still shining.”

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

1. Nations do not die from invasion; they die from internal rottenness.

2. America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

3. In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.

4. A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming elections.

5. Sir, 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.

6. I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.

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

8. The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

9. Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

10. A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.