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I am not concerned that you have fallen -- I am concerned that you arise.

I am not concerned that you have fallen -- I am concerned that you arise.

Abraham Lincoln
Inspirational, Perseverance, Criminal Mind

I shall not do more than I can, and I shall do all I can to save the government, which is my sworn duty as well as my personal inclination. I shall do nothing in malice. What I deal with is too vast for malicious dealing.

Abraham Lincoln
Perseverance, Government, Duty
Ulysses S. Grant, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Stephen Crane, Jefferson Davis, Abraham Lincoln (2012). “The Modern Library Civil War Bookshelf 5-Book Bundle: Personal Memoirs, Uncle Tom's Cabin, The Red Badge of Courage, Jefferson Davis: The Essential Writings, The Life and Writings of Abraham Lincoln”, p.2761, Modern Library

Seriously, I do not think I am fit for the Presidency.

Abraham Lincoln
Self Esteem, Thinking, Self Respect
"The Life and Writings of Abraham Lincoln".

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.

Abraham Lincoln
War, Long, Gettysburg
Gettysburg Address, Gettysburg, Pa., 19 Nov. 1863

You have confidence in yourself, which is valuable, if not an indispensable quality.

Abraham Lincoln
Quality, Valuable, Indispensable
Abraham Lincoln (1989). “Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 2: 1859-1865: Library of America #46”, p.434, Library of America

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

Abraham Lincoln
Sides, Praying

Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality.

Abraham Lincoln
Motivational, God, Dream
Abraham Lincoln, Archer Hayes Shaw (1980). “The Lincoln encyclopedia: the spoken and written words of A. Lincoln arranged for ready reference”, Greenwood Pub Group

I trust that as He shall further open the way, I will be ready to walk therein, relying on His help and trusting in His goodness and wisdom.

Abraham Lincoln
Way, Helping, Goodness
Abraham Lincoln (1954). “The War Years, 1854-1865, Volume 3”

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.

Abraham Lincoln
Love, Motivational, Fathers Day

Don't kneel to me, that is not right. You must kneel to God only, and thank Him for the liberty you will hereafter enjoy.

Abraham Lincoln
Gratitude, Liberty, Enjoy
Abraham Lincoln (1907). “The Lincoln Year Book: Containing Immortal Words of Abraham Lincoln Spoken and Written on Various Occasions, Preceded by Appropriate Scripture Texts and Followed by Choice Poetic Selections for Each Day in the Year, with Special Reference to Anniversary Dates”

In 1841 you and I had together a tedious low-water trip, on a Steam Boat from Louisville to St. Louis. You may remember, as I well do, that from Louisville to the mouth of the Ohio there were, on board, ten or a dozen slaves, shackled together with irons. That sight was a continual torment to me; and I see something like it every time I touch the Ohio, or any other slave-border.

Abraham Lincoln
Sight, Ohio, Iron
Abraham Lincoln (1989). “Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 1: 1832-1858: Library of America #45”, p.360, Library of America

We shall yet acknowledge His wisdom and our own error therein.

Abraham Lincoln
God, Errors, God Knows Best
Abraham Lincoln, H. Jack Lang (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches”, p.240, Stackpole Books

And, inasmuch [as] most good things are produced by labour, it follows that all such things of right belong to those whose labour has produced them. But it has so happened in all ages of the world, that some have laboured, and others have, without labour, enjoyed a large proportion of the fruits. This is wrong, and should not continue. To [secure] to each labourer the whole product of his labour, or as nearly as possible, is a most worthy object of any good government.

Abraham Lincoln
Work, Government, Age
Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.412, Wildside Press LLC

There is really no crisis except an artificial one...If the great American people will only keep their temper, on both sides of the line, the trouble will come to an end.

Abraham Lincoln
War, People, Sides

Life may not always be a bed of roses. All of us are aware of this fact. There are numerous times in life when we have to face disappointments. These quotes and sayings surely do inspire and help us to look forward and enjoy the new pathways coming our way. These quotes also lend a different perspective to life, which makes moving forward not a very difficult task.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
Country, Disappointment, Moving

With firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right.

Abraham Lincoln
Military, Giving, Civil War
Second Inaugural Address, 4 Mar. 1865

Beavers build houses; but they build them in nowise differently, or better now, than they did, five thousand years ago. Ants, and honey-bees, provide food for winter; but just in the same way they did, when Solomon referred the sluggard to them as patterns of prudence. Man is not the only animal who labors; but he is the only one who improves his workmanship.

Abraham Lincoln
Motivational, Work, Winter
Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.437, Wildside Press LLC

There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'

Abraham Lincoln
Daughter, Mother, Truth

Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; it is a positive good.

Abraham Lincoln
Positive, Carpe Diem, Fruit

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 up to the light I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right - stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.

Abraham Lincoln
Inspirational, Life, Motivational
"The Baptist Teacher for Sunday-school Workers : Vol. 36", (p. 483), August 1905.

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.

Abraham Lincoln
Life, Motivational, Positive
Abraham Lincoln (1954). “The War Years, 1854-1865, Volume 3”

What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence? It is not...the guns of our war steamers, or the strength of our gallant and disciplined army...our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in our bosoms...

Abraham Lincoln
War, Army, Gun
"Lincoln on Democracy" by Abraham Lincoln, G. S. Boritt, Fordham University Press, (p. 128), September 1, 2004.

We hope all danger may be overcome; but to conclude that no danger may ever arise would itself be extremely dangerous.

Abraham Lincoln
Overcoming, May, Danger
Abraham Lincoln, Mario Matthew Cuomo, G. S. Boritt (2004). “Lincoln on Democracy”, p.20, Fordham Univ Press

This is essentially a people's contest... whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men - to lift artificial weights from all shoulders - to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all - to afford all, an unfettered start and a fair chance, in the race of life.

Abraham Lincoln
Men, Race, People
Abraham Lincoln (1991). “Great Speeches”, p.73, Courier Corporation

It is to deny, what the history of the world tells us is true, to suppose that men of ambition and talents will not continue to spring up amongst us. And, when they do, they will as naturally seek the gratification of their ruling passion, as others have so done before them.

Abraham Lincoln
Spring, Ambition, Passion
Abraham Lincoln, Mario Matthew Cuomo, G. S. Boritt (2004). “Lincoln on Democracy”, p.21, Fordham Univ Press