Abraham Lincoln Quotes about Character

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You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.

You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.

Abraham Lincoln

Character, People, Independence

Abraham Lincoln, Jack Stevenson (2017). “Abraham Lincoln: 100 Influential Quotes of My Life”, Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Commitment is what transforms a promise into a reality... Commitment is the stuff character is made of; the power to change the face of things. It is the daily triumph of integrity over skepticism.

Abraham Lincoln

Integrity, Character, Commitment

Character is the tree, reputation is the shadow.

Abraham Lincoln

Business, Character, Tree

Character is like a tree, and reputation is like its shadow.

Abraham Lincoln

Character, Tree, Shadow

Abraham Lincoln, Anthony Gross (1992). “The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln”

Let every man remember that to violate the law, is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the character of his own, and his children's liberty.

Abraham Lincoln

Children, Father, Character

Abraham Lincoln, Don Edward Fehrenbacher (1977). “Abraham Lincoln, a Documentary Portrait Through His Speeches and Writings”, p.39, Stanford University Press

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

Abraham Lincoln

Motivational, Attitude, Character

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

Abraham Lincoln

Character, Adversity, Giving

As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and Laws, let every American pledge his life, his property, and his sacred honor;-let every man remember that to violate the law, is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the character of his own, and his children's liberty.

Abraham Lincoln

Children, Father, Character

Abraham Lincoln, Don Edward Fehrenbacher (1977). “Abraham Lincoln, a Documentary Portrait Through His Speeches and Writings”, p.39, Stanford University Press

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.

Abraham Lincoln

Motivational, Integrity, Character