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Top 500 Abraham Lincoln Quotes (2025 Update)

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “Whatever you are, be a good one.”

1. “Whatever you are, be a good one.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Featured in: Inspirational Quotes

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.”

2. “I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Featured in: Perseverance Quotes

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”

3. “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “Life is hard, but so very beautiful.”

4. “Life is hard, but so very beautiful.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “Discipline is choosing between what you want now, and what you want most.”

5. “Discipline is choosing between what you want now, and what you want most.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “It is not the years in your life that count, it’s the life in your years.”

6. “It is not the years in your life that count, it’s the life in your years.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Featured in: Life Quotes, Birthday Quotes

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “Every man’s happiness is his own responsibility.”

7. “Every man’s happiness is his own responsibility.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “I will prepare and some day my chance will come.”

8. “I will prepare and some day my chance will come.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Positive Motivation Quotes, Opportunity Quotes, Preparation Quotes

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality.”

9. “Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”

10. “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Featured in: Motivational Quotes, Positive Quotes

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”

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

— Abraham Lincoln

Featured in: Integrity Quotes, Adversity Quotes

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “Nothing will divert me from my purpose.”

12. “Nothing will divert me from my purpose.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.”

13. “When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Featured in: Personality Quotes, Morality Quotes, Emotional Quotes, Human Nature Quotes

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.”

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

— Abraham Lincoln

Featured in: Interesting Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes, Taking Action Quotes, Peace Quotes

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.”

15. “Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Featured in: Life Quotes, Famous Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Encouragement Quotes

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.”

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

— Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.”

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

— Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “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.”

18. “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.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Featured in: Success Quotes, Friendship Quotes

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.”

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

— Abraham Lincoln

Featured in: Dedication Quotes, Ambition Quotes, Beautiful Quotes, Determination Quotes

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.”

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

— Abraham Lincoln

Featured in: Failure Quotes, Short Quotes About Life, Motivational Quotes for Success

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.”

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

— Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.”

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

— Abraham Lincoln

Featured in: Wisdom Quotes, Sarcastic Quotes

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.”

23. “That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody.”

24. “I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all.”

25. “Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.”

26. “Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Featured in: Changing the World Quotes, Wise Quotes, Freedom Quotes, Past Quotes

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”

27. “Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Featured in: Happiness Quotes

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “You cannot fail unless you quit.”

28. “You cannot fail unless you quit.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Featured in: Quitting Quotes, Karma Quotes

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.”

29. “Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Featured in: Wisdom Quotes

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?”

30. “Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?”

— Abraham Lincoln

Featured in: Friendship Quotes

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.”

31. “You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Featured in: Integrity Quotes, Famous Quotes, Intelligent Quotes, Wise Quotes

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “I walk slowly, but never backwards.”

32. “I walk slowly, but never backwards.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry.”

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

— Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing.”

34. “Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Featured in: Integrity Quotes, Personality Quotes, Values Quotes, Different Quotes

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “Be with a leader when he is right, stay with him when he is still right, but, leave him when he is wrong.”

35. “Be with a leader when he is right, stay with him when he is still right, but, leave him when he is wrong.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Featured in: Leadership Quotes

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.”

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

— Abraham Lincoln

Featured in: Quotes About People, History Quotes

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.”

37. “All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Featured in: Sweet Quotes, Caring Quotes, Gratitude Quotes, Humble Quotes

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”

38. “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.”

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

— Abraham Lincoln

Featured in: Learning Quotes, Experience Quotes, Intelligent Quotes, Character Quotes

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “Teach the children so it will not be necessary to teach the adults.”

40. “Teach the children so it will not be necessary to teach the adults.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “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.”

41. “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

Featured in: Integrity Quotes, Truth Quotes, Duty Quotes, Responsibility Quotes

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg.”

42. “How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Featured in: Witty Quotes, Mistake Quotes, Honesty Quotes

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.”

43. “We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Featured in: Freedom Quotes, History Quotes, Government Quotes, Democracy Quotes

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “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.”

44. “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

Featured in: Kindness Quotes, Peace Quotes, Powerful Quotes, Respect Quotes

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “Get books, sit yourself down anywhere, and go to reading them yourself.”

45. “Get books, sit yourself down anywhere, and go to reading them yourself.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Featured in: Encouraging Quotes for Students, Lifelong Learning Quotes, Knowledge Quotes, Reading Quotes

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “Don’t worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.”

46. “Don’t worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Featured in: Self-Worth Quotes, Excellence Quotes, Legacy Quotes, History Quotes

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “I laugh because I must not cry, that is all, that is all.”

47. “I laugh because I must not cry, that is all, that is all.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.”

48. “You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “I am not concerned that you have fallen – I am concerned that you arise.”

49. “I am not concerned that you have fallen – I am concerned that you arise.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.”

50. “I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Featured in: Adversity Quotes, History Quotes, Humility Quotes

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