Abraham Lincoln’s Inspiring Quotes on Life

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

Whatever you are, be a good one.

We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.

The best way to predict your future is to create it.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true.

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

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

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.

Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves.

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

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.

I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.

Abraham Lincoln’s Inspiring Quotes on Life part 2

When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad. That’s my religion.

The best thing about being tall is you can see the stars even when you are standing on the ground.

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.

Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.

The best preparation for the future is the present well seen to, and the last duty done.

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend six hours sharpening my ax.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.

The better part of one’s life consists of his friendships.

I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.

I’m a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn’t have the heart to let him down.

The best way to get rid of a bad habit is to replace it with a good one.

You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry.

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

He who molds the public sentiment… makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

A man is about as happy as he makes up his mind to be.

I don’t know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.

Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.

My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side.