Abraham Lincoln Quotes about Honor

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A nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure.

A nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure.

Abraham Lincoln

Hero, Long, Honor

Honor is better than honors.

Abraham Lincoln

Business, Integrity, Honor

The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation.

Abraham Lincoln

Light, Congress And The President, Honor

Annual Message to Congress, 1 Dec. 1862

There is a vague popular belief that lawyers are necessarily dishonest. I say vague, because when we consider to what extent confidence and honors are reposed in and conferred upon lawyers by the people, it appears improbable that their impression of dishonesty is very distinct and vivid. Yet the impression is common, almost universal.

Abraham Lincoln

People, Honor, Vivid

Abraham Lincoln, Mario Matthew Cuomo, G. S. Boritt (2004). “Lincoln on Democracy”, p.46, Fordham Univ Press

Always let your subordinates know that the honor will be all theirs if they succeed and the blame will be yours if they fail.

Abraham Lincoln

Success, Honor, Succeed

Through their deeds, the dead of battle have spoken more eloquently for themselves than any of the living ever could. But we can only honor them by rededicating ourselves to the cause for which they gave a last full measure of devotion.

Abraham Lincoln

Honor, Battle, Deeds

Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.

Abraham Lincoln

War, Light, Honor

Annual Message to Congress, 1 Dec. 1862

Being President is like the man who was tarred and feathered and ridden out of town on a rail... A man in the crowd asked how he liked it, and his reply was that if it wasn't for the honor of the thing, he would much rather walk.

Abraham Lincoln

Men, Honor, President

Martin D. Tullai, Abraham Lincoln (1998). “Speaking of Abraham Lincoln”