Lincoln Quotes

Lincoln Quote of the day

No man is poor who has a Godly mother.

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

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.

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

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

Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in.

Contrary to his infallibly "honest" image, Abe wasn't above lying so long as it served a noble purpose.

Lincoln once said that America was founded on a proposition that was written by Jefferson in 1776. We are really founded on an argument about what that proposition means.

Ohio claims they are due a president as they haven't had one since Taft. Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln.

It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is apt to lead to infidelity.

I leave you, hoping that the lamp of liberty will burn in your bosoms until there shall no longer be a doubt that all mean are created free and equal.

All I have learned, I learned from books.

The bottom half of the page had descended into a doodle of a tiny man giving the middle finger to a giant, angry eagle with razor-sharp talons. Beneath it, the caption: To Mock a Killing Bird.

For people who like that kind of thing, this is the kind of thing they like.

I'm basically a poetry scholar, and I'm happier here in my studio with my row of Chinese dictionaries than I am, frankly, at Lincoln Center.

What is to be, will be, and no prayers of ours can arrest the decree.[Lincoln's maxim and philosophy]

In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free -- honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth

God is constantly talking to us but we can't hear him because we pay too much attention to the noise from the world. Genesis 12:22.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar

[Prison Break is] one of the craziest, most unpredictable roller-coaster rides on TV today.

Man’s glory lies not, Lincoln thought, in ‘his goodness, ’ for this is often nonexistent. He derives glory, instead, from his being made in the image of the Living God.

I hope to stand firm enough not to go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause.

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

When Lincoln was asked if God was on the Union’s side, Lincoln’s unvarying response was that what was really important was whether they were on God’s side.

The Northern onslaught upon slavery was no more than a piece ofspecious humbug designed to conceal it's desire for economic control ofthe Southern states.

Lincoln grew immeasurably as he came to think of himself as an “instrument of God’s will.

Two principles have stood face-to-face from the beginning of time

You're incredible. I can feel your power and it's more than anything I...Violet, " he swallowed, watching me in awe. "It's like...It's like you're as powerful as an angel."-Lincoln

Honesty rare as a man without self-pity Kindness as large and plain as a prairie wind.

Good to see you too, Otto." -Sydney Rose

Father Sams, a mirthful shaman, looked at a nighted photograph of actress Lar Park Lincoln beneath his glass of bourbon con hielo.

Abraham Lincoln said, Patents Add Fuel to the Fire of Genius. What the great man did not say is that Too Much Fuel Can Burn the Genius

Don’t criticize them

In the South, there was absence of any leadership corresponding in breadth and courage to that of Abraham Lincoln.

A farce or comedy is best played

There are two rules for sucess:1. Never tell everything you know.

You don't get drown by falling into a river. You get drown by remaining there. Falling accidentally and rising immediately was what distinguished Thomas Edison and Abraham Lincoln from the rest.

It must have really not liked me, but I can't imagine why, don't say anything Amelia."Amelia shrugged her shoulders, "It liked me the first time."Otto smirked, "Well I have no idea why.

Then how about this: Remember Austin Gollaher, because what we do matters, even if we don't end up in history books.

We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.

The worst moments are when my entire family is in the same room. With the people I should love the most surrounding me, I feel the most alone.

I don't know who my grandfather was

It is better to give your path to a dog than to be bitten by him, contesting for the right.

There are no bad pictures

If I didn't have Lincoln's butt to stare at the whole time, motivation would be a lot harder to come by.

It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.

Great job, you just executed Ben Franklin! - Otto Ray