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Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

Abraham Lincoln
Funny, Life, Sarcastic
Abraham Lincoln (1982). “Abraham Lincoln, wisdom & wit”, Peter Pauper Pr

In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

Abraham Lincoln
Inspirational, Life, Motivational

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.

Abraham Lincoln
Inspirational, Funny, Life
Abraham Lincoln (1992). “The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln”, Plume

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

Abraham Lincoln
Inspirational, Life, Motivational
Abraham Lincoln (1999). “The Wit & Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Treasury of Quotations, Anecdotes, and Observations”, Gramercy

You can have anything you want if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.

Abraham Lincoln
Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

Abraham Lincoln
Life, Strong, Freedom
Speech to 140th Indiana regiment, 17 Mar. 1865

He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.

Abraham Lincoln
Love, Inspirational, Life

We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.

Abraham Lincoln
Life, Friendship, Memories
First Inaugural Address, 4 Mar. 1861

It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words, "And this too, shall pass away." How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction!

Abraham Lincoln
Life, Encouraging, Wise
Address beforeWisconsin State Agricultural Society, Milwaukee,Wis., 30 Sept. 1859

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

Abraham Lincoln
Inspirational, Life, Motivational
Abraham Lincoln, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (1950). “The Lincoln treasury”

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.

Abraham Lincoln
Inspirational, Life, 4th Of July
Abraham Lincoln, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (1950). “The Lincoln treasury”

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

Abraham Lincoln
Life, Family, Mothers Day
Abraham Lincoln (1907). “The Lincoln Year Book: Axioms and Aphorisms from the Great Emancipator”, p.25, Library of Alexandria

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 what light I have.

Abraham Lincoln
Inspirational, Life, Being Yourself
Abraham Lincoln (1992). “The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln”, Plume

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

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

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”

Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

Abraham Lincoln
Life, Faith, Freedom
Address at Cooper Institute, New York, N.Y., 27 Feb. 1860

No man is poor who has a Godly mother.

Abraham Lincoln
Life, Mother, Godly

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

Abraham Lincoln
Life, War, Humor

Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.

Abraham Lincoln
Life, Genius, Path
Abraham Lincoln (2012). “Lincoln Speeches”, p.41, Penguin

Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world?

Abraham Lincoln
Life, People, Justice
First Inaugural Address, 4 Mar. 1861

It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is apt to lead to infidelity.

Abraham Lincoln
Life, Atheist, Infidelity

Everybody likes a compliment.

Abraham Lincoln
Life, President, Likes

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

Abraham Lincoln
Life, Humor, Important
"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, (pp. 315-321), 1922.