Abraham Lincoln Quotes about Motivational - Page 2

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.

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

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

Abraham Lincoln

Love, Motivational, Fathers Day

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

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”

The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.

Abraham Lincoln

Motivational, Friendship, Sarcastic

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

If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend.

Abraham Lincoln

Motivational, Friendship, Best Friend

Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.273, Wildside Press LLC

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

Abraham Lincoln

Motivational, Death, Kindness

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

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.

Abraham Lincoln

Motivational, Trust No One, Men

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.2392, Modern Library

When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.

Abraham Lincoln

Motivational, Time, Men

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

I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.

Abraham Lincoln

Motivational, Niece, Mean

Abraham Lincoln, Bob Blaisdell (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Book of Quotations”, p.44, Courier Corporation

My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few virtues.

Abraham Lincoln

Motivational, Men, Vices

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

Abraham Lincoln

Motivational, Leadership, Inspiration

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

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

Abraham Lincoln

Motivational, Integrity, Character

Let us strive on to finish the work we are in.

Abraham Lincoln

Motivational, Civil War, Charity

Second Inaugural Address, 4 Mar. 1865

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.

Abraham Lincoln

Motivational, Honesty, Ambition

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

Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest.

Abraham Lincoln

Motivational, Spring, Self

Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.409, Wildside Press LLC