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By all means, don't say, if I can, say I will.

By all means, don't say, "if I can," say "I will."

Abraham Lincoln
Mean, Ifs, I Can
Gordon Leidner, Abraham Lincoln (2009). “Abraham Lincoln: Quotes, Quips, and Speeches”, p.104, Sourcebooks, Inc.

A new book is like a friend that I have yet to meet

Abraham Lincoln
Education, Book, Reading

I have simply tried to do what seemed best each day, as each day came.

Abraham Lincoln
Life, Trying, President
Gene Griessman, Abraham Lincoln (1998). “The Words Lincoln Lived By: 52 Timeless Principles to Light Your Path”, p.54, Simon and Schuster

Writing, the art of communicating thoughts to the mind through the eye, is the great invention of the world.

Abraham Lincoln
Art, Distance, Writing
Abraham Lincoln's address on discoveries and inventions at Fort Wayne, Indiana, February 18, 1935.

I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours, to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of Freedom.

Abraham Lincoln
God, Memories, Father
Letter to Lydia Bixby, 21 Nov. 1864.

We can succeed only by concert. It is not 'can any of us imagine better?, but 'can we all do better?

Abraham Lincoln
Succeed, Imagine, Concerts
Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.537, Wildside Press LLC

As we keep or break the Sabbath Day we nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope by which man rises.

Abraham Lincoln
Men, Lasts, Break

I have stepped out upon this platform that I may see you and that you may see me, and in the arrangement I have the best of the bargain.

Abraham Lincoln
War, May, Platforms
Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.218, Wildside Press LLC

If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it.

Abraham Lincoln
Motivational, Judging, Political
Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Arnold Douglas, Rodney O. Davis, Douglas Lawson Wilson (2008). “The Lincoln-Douglas Debates”, p.32, University of Illinois Press

I appeal to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate and aid this effort to maintain the honor, the integrity, and the existence of our National Union, and the perpetuity of popular government; and to redress wrongs already long enough endured.

Abraham Lincoln
Integrity, Government, Long
Abraham Lincoln, Mario Matthew Cuomo, G. S. Boritt (2004). “Lincoln on Democracy”, p.212, Fordham Univ Press

It is the man who does not want to express an opinion whose opinion I want.

Abraham Lincoln
Men, Doe, Want
Abraham Lincoln, James Baird McClure (2006). “Anecdotes and Stories of Abraham Lincoln”, p.145, Stackpole Books

God can not be for, and against the same thing at the same time.

Abraham Lincoln
God, Civil War, Divine Will
"Meditation on the DivineWill," ca. 2 Sept. 1862

The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.

Abraham Lincoln
Sea, Government, People
Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.421, Wildside Press LLC

So plain that no one, high or low, ever does mistake it, except in a plainly selfish way; for although volume upon volume is written to prove slavery a very good thing, we never hear of the man who wishes to take the good of it, by being a slave himself.

Abraham Lincoln
Selfish, Mistake, Men
"Fragment on Slavery" ca. 1 July 1854

If I care to listen to every criticism, let alone act on them, then this shop may as well be closed for all other businesses. I have learned to do my best, and if the end result is good then I do not care for any criticism, but if the end result is not good, then even the praise of ten angels would not make the difference.

Abraham Lincoln
Angel, Not Caring, Differences

Whereas, the Senate of the United States, devoutly recognizing the Supreme Authority and just Government of Almighty God, in all the affairs of men and of nations, has, by a resolution, requested the President to designate and set apart a day for National prayer and humiliation.

Abraham Lincoln
Bible, God, Religious
Abraham Lincoln (2012). “The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)”, p.1148, Jazzybee Verlag

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition.

Abraham Lincoln
Ambition, Men, Peculiar
Abraham Lincoln (2008). “Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln(1832-1865) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)”, p.3, ReadHowYouWant.com

Reputation is like fine china: Once broken it's very hard to repair.

Abraham Lincoln
Fine China, Broken, Reputation

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

Abraham Lincoln
Inspiring, Dog, Cat
Attributed in "Animal century" by Mark Gold (, 1998.

It is a pleasure to be able to quote lines to fit any occasion.

Abraham Lincoln
Lines, Able, Fit

Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention.

Abraham Lincoln
Life, Past, Men
Abraham Lincoln, Bob Blaisdell (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Book of Quotations”, p.7, Courier Corporation

My old father used to have a saying: If you make a bad bargain, hug it all the tighter.

Abraham Lincoln
Money, Father, Hug
Abraham Lincoln (2012). “The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)”, p.232, Jazzybee Verlag

When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.

Abraham Lincoln
Passion, Fighting, Men
Abraham Lincoln, Bob Blaisdell (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Book of Quotations”, p.53, Courier Corporation

Believing everybody is dangerous, but believing nobody is more dangerous.

Abraham Lincoln
Believe, Dangerous

You can always lie to others and hide your actions from them... but you can not fool yourself

Abraham Lincoln
Encouragement, Lying, Fool