1,780 Quotes by Abraham Lincoln

In regards to this great Book [the Bible], I have but to say it is the best gift God has given to man. All the good the Savior gave to the world was communicated through this Book. But for it we could not know right from wrong. All things most desirable for man's welfare, here and hereafter, are found portrayed in it.

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.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.

I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.

It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.

I could not sleep when I got on such a hunt for an idea until I had caught it; ...This was a kind of passion with me, and it has stuck by me; for I am never easy now, when I am handling a thought, till I have bounded it north, and bounded it south, and bounded it east, and bounded it west.

Be with a leader when he is right, stay with him when he is still right, but, leave him when he is wrong.

In leaving the people’s business in their hands, we cannot be wrong.

Anybody will do for you, but not for me. I must have somebody.