Abraham Lincoln Quotes: Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 185) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States. His tenure was from 1861 to 1865.
Abraham Lincoln, son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Lincoln had to struggle for a living and for learning. He used to seek books from different places and read at night in the light of the stove fire and get knowledge.
We have collected some famous Abraham Lincoln quotes about freedom, democracy and leadership. These powerful quotes of Abraham Lincoln about freedom, adversity, and more shows why he’s often called the greatest president in the history of America.
Famous Abraham Lincoln Quotes
“Whatever you are, be a good one.”
“Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.”
“Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?”
“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.”
“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”
“Leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done today.”
“My Best Friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.”
“You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you can not fool all the people all of the time.
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”
“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.”
“If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.”
“Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren’t very new after all.”
“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.”
President Abraham Lincoln Quotes
“If I am killed, I can die but once; but to live in constant dread of it, is to die over and over again.”
“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.”
“Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.”
“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.”
“If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.”
“I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have.”
“I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.”
“Love is the chain to lock a child to its parent.”
“I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.”
“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.”
“Human action can be modified to some extent, but human nature cannot be changed.”
“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”
“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.”
“When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That’s my religion.”
Abraham Lincoln Inspiring Quotes
“If I am killed, I can die but once; but to live in constant dread of it, is to die over and over again.”
“I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being.”
“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”
“Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.”
“Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?”
“The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.”
“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.”
“If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?”
“Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.”
“The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.”