“As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.” Abraham Lincoln DemocracyFreedomSlaveMaster
“The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.” Abraham Lincoln BestFutureTimeWise
“Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.” Abraham Lincoln FunnyGodPeopleCommonBest in the world
“All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.” Abraham Lincoln LifeWisdomMindPlantFlowerThistleThoughtWouldPluck
“To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.” Abraham Lincoln CowardsSilenceWarWisdomMenSinProtest
“I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.” Abraham Lincoln BestMeanDoingEndKeepCanUntilBeing the best
“I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.” Abraham Lincoln ManWiseTodayWiserYesterday
“The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.” Abraham Lincoln Best
“With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds.” Abraham Lincoln GodWarWork
“Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.” Abraham Lincoln Worry
“Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all.” Abraham Lincoln
“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.” Abraham Lincoln HouseWork
“The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.” Abraham Lincoln PhilosophySchoolGovernment
“Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.” Abraham Lincoln GoodLawOpportunityPeace
“No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.” Abraham Lincoln GoodLiarManEnoughMemorySuccessfulGood enough
“That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.” Abraham Lincoln
“I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.” Abraham Lincoln BestPresidentPolicy
“My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.” Abraham Lincoln Failure
“I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.” Abraham Lincoln LifeManProudWisdomLivePlace
“My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.” Abraham Lincoln BestPoliticsTimeHopeAmericaPlaceDreamEarth
“Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.” Abraham Lincoln AmbitionLiar
“It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.” Abraham Lincoln Experience
