Lincoln's Quotes

I see a very dark cloud on America's horizon, and that cloud is coming from Rome. — Abraham Lincoln

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent. — Abraham Lincoln

And in the end it is not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years. — Abraham Lincoln

The secession of the Southern States, individually or in the aggregate, was the certain consequence of Mr. Lincoln's election. — Belle Boyd

It's not me who can't keep a secret. It's the people I tell that can't. — Abraham Lincoln

Put down your guns and go home. Let's rebuild the nation together. This was President Lincoln's vision, to which Grant subscribed. — Bill O'Reilly

I don't want to claim that God is on our side. As Abraham Lincoln told us, I want to pray humbly that we are on God's side. — John F. Kerry

I'm tipsy." I corrected, "and it's my birthday and I want to dance. Come one, Linc, it won't kill you. — Jessica Shirvington

Color faded into Lincoln's cheeks. — S.M. Reine

In the present civil war it is quite possible that God's purpose is something different from the purpose of either party. — Abraham Lincoln

The next night, Lincoln parked his Corolla right next to The Courier's front door. I'm here, he thought. Find me. Follow me. Make this inevitable. — Rainbow Rowell

Lincoln's so efficient, especially for a guy who "bends rules". — Katie McGarry

If my father's son can become President of these United States, then your father's son can become anything he wishes. — Abraham Lincoln

Only a crazy man would write a novel in Lincoln's voice. — Jerome Charyn

No man has a right to judge Andrew Johnson in any respect who has not suffered as much and done as much as he for the Nation's sake. — Abraham Lincoln

There's no honorable way to kill, no gentle way to destroy. There is nothing good in war. Except its ending. — Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln grew immeasurably as he came to think of himself as an instrument of God's will. — Joe L. Wheeler

I will either be America's greatest president or its last. — Abraham Lincoln

The better part of one's life consists of his friendships. — Abraham Lincoln

We trust, sir, that God is on our side. It is more important to know that we are on God's side. — Abraham Lincoln

It's time for me to go. But I would rather stay. — Abraham Lincoln

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. — Abraham Lincoln

Anger's not a good emotion. — Lincoln Chafee

Nothing that Shakespeare ever invented was to equal Lincoln's invention of himself and, in the process, us. — Gore Vidal

Wearing a bath towel around the school yard and pretending it's a cape doesn't mean you have magical powers. — Lincoln Peirce

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. — Abraham Lincoln

I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House. I am living witness that any one of your children may look to come here as my father's child has. — Abraham Lincoln

Oh, that [his Thanksgiving Message] is some of Seward's nonsense, and it pleases the fools. — Abraham Lincoln

I don't s'pose anybody on earth likes gingerbread better'n I do-and gets less'n I do. — Abraham Lincoln

A faith like Lincoln's would transform the world! — James Oppenheim

Obviously, 'Lincoln' is not about the telegraph operator. There's a whole other movie before and after the two isolated scenes that I'm in. — Adam Driver

A man's legs must be long enough to reach the ground. — Abraham Lincoln

The author describes Lincoln's attitude in making a deal with a newspaper publisher as, "almost defiant transparency. — Harold Holzer

It's not my job to dream your dreams. It's my job to make your dreams become a reality. — Blanche Lincoln

News is just news until it happens to you. Then it's tragedy. — J. Lincoln Fenn

I never saw a dollar bill cry at anyone's funeral. — J. Lincoln Fenn

Then he leans back in his chair, pressing his hands together like he's having an intellectual bowel movement, his brows seriously furrowed. — J. Lincoln Fenn

The only assurance of our nation's safety is to lay our foundation in morality and religion. — Abraham Lincoln

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away. it's best to let him run. — Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln suggested never presume to know what God's will is, and I would never presume to know God's will or to speak God's words. — Sarah Palin

When you have got a ticket to send, and you're not a top costumer, it's best not to waste your time. — Abraham Lincoln

Force is all conquering, but it's victories are short lived. — Abraham Lincoln

The Civil Rights movement should thank God for Bull Connor. He's helped it as much as Abraham Lincoln. — John F. Kennedy

Others live on in a careless and lukewarm state - not appearing to fill Longfellow's measure: 'Into each life, some rain must fall.' — Mary Todd Lincoln

Now, at the end of three years struggle the nation's condition is not what either party, or any man devised, or expected. God alone can claim it. — Abraham Lincoln

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

Lincoln also wrote in the letter to his son's teacher, Teach him how to gracefully lose. — Malala Yousafzai

When I go hear a man speak, I like to hear him speak like he's fighting a swarm of bees. — Abraham Lincoln

One's only security in life comes from doing something uncommonly well. — Abraham Lincoln

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

I am busily engaged in the study of the Bible. I believe it is God's word because it finds me where I am. — Abraham Lincoln

You're not an idiot. You're just eccentric. (Selena)
That's what they said about Mary Todd Lincoln. Until they locked her up. (Grace) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

His (Lincoln's) patriotism was saved from idolatry by the overwhelming sense of the sovereignty of God. — Elton Trueblood

The written word may be man's greatest invention. It allows us to
converse with the dead, the absent, and the unborn. — Abraham Lincoln

There is no greater injustice than to wring your profits from the sweat of another man's brow. — Abraham Lincoln

You can drink out of Lincoln's nose. They got the Hard Rock t-shirts. They got Elvis, too. — Suzy Bogguss

Report that Tad was better eased Lincoln's mind, — Doris Kearns Goodwin

Bring me Longstreet's head on a platter and the war will be over — Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln loved other people's jokes as much as his own. — Richard Brookhiser

Lincoln's leadership is based on a number of precepts, but my favorite one is that he acted in the name, and for the good, of the people. — Steven Spielberg

The glory that was Lincoln's never died when he was slain. — Phil Ochs

I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it. — Abraham Lincoln

The surest way to reveal one's character is not through adversity but by giving them power. — Abraham Lincoln

Talk to the jury as though your client's fate depends on every word you utter. — Abraham Lincoln

The health care bill is nothing about health care- it's about controlling the people. — David Lincoln

It is not 'Is God on my side', but 'Am I on God's side'. — Abraham Lincoln

His [Gen. Douglas MacArthur's] own heroes were Lincoln and Washington, and in some ways he resembled them. — William Manchester

Military glory
that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood
that serpent's eye, that charms to destroy ... — Abraham Lincoln

It's a Chomper standard. - Otto Ray — Monet Polny

confirmed Lincoln's view that — Edwin S. Grosvenor

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life. — Abraham Lincoln

I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right; but it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation may be on the Lord's side. — Abraham Lincoln

An adult friend of Lincoln's: Life was to him a school. — Doris Kearns Goodwin

Unless there comes to the Nation a greater emancipation than Lincoln's Proclamation effected, it is doomed, it is bound to go down. — Francis James Grimke

Really, Mr. Lincoln, I have had enough of this show business. — Ulysses S. Grant

You can make any quote sound meaningful by putting a famous person's name after it. — Abraham Lincoln

There's no better way to unplug than having children. Changing diapers is one of the most leveling things that has ever happened to me. — Andrew Lincoln

One of my top priorities in Congress is to reduce U.S. dependence on fossil fuels. — Lincoln Diaz-Balart

God gave us Lincoln and Liberty, let us fight for both. — Ulysses S. Grant

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, given November 19, 1863 on the battlefield near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA — Abraham Lincoln

Take advice, but not orders. Only give yourself orders. Abraham Lincoln once said, 'Since I will be no one's slave, I will be no one's master.' — Jim Rohn

Mummy, I woke today and there was a Lincoln Log in me sock drawer! ... That's the story of Jesus. — Bill Hicks

Climate change is analogous to Lincoln and slavery or Churchill and Nazism: it's not the kind of thing where you can compromise. — James Hansen

You can't escape tomorrow's responsibilities by evading it today — Abraham Lincoln

I do not boast that God is on my side, I humbly pray that I am on God's side. — Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln's eyes travel over my body, his gaze lingering on my curves. "I think I'm falling in love." — Katie McGarry

Don't pray that God's on our side, pray that we're on his side. — Abraham Lincoln

One of the achievements of which I am most proud was the codification, the writing into U.S. law, of the U.S. embargo on the Castro dictatorship. — Lincoln Diaz-Balart

Thanks for giving me a place to sleep last night,
and for the extra blanket.
Vi.
-Violet's note to Lincoln — Jessica Shirvington

I do things by the book, even when the book is stupid. You know why? That's how we get the conviction. — Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Gold is good in it's place, but living, brave, patriotic men are better than gold. — Abraham Lincoln

Here is a bold embrace of internationalism. Let's join the rest of the world and go metric. — Lincoln Chafee

To lead, you must touch men's hearts. — Abraham Lincoln

There are no bad pictures; that's just how your face looks sometimes. — Abraham Lincoln

I think that's what really a substantial work is, it's forever. It's the truth now and it was the truth then, and it will be the truth tomorrow. — Abbey Lincoln

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own. — Abraham Lincoln

Now if you shoot someone, sir, you can get off Scott free. It's the latest thing Mr. Lincoln, can you believe? — Hank Williams Jr.

A lawyer's time and advice are his(her) stock in trade. — Abraham Lincoln

Unfortunately, writing and reporting the truth is not allowed under Castro's tyrannical dictatorship. — Lincoln Diaz-Balart

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