Quotes by President

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

When I do good I feel good, when I do bad I feel bad, and that's my religion.

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

I understand a ship to be made for the carrying and preservation of the cargo, and so long as the ship can be saved, with the cargo, it should never be abandoned. This Union likewise should never be abandoned unless it fails and the possibility of its preservation shall cease to exist, without throwing passengers and cargo overboard.

"People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude."

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

I have never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the declaration of independence.

There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'

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

"Your attitude determines your direction."

I am humble Abraham Lincoln. I have been solicited by my friends to become a candidate for the Legislature. My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman's dance.

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.

"A strong positive attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug."

In regard to this great book i have but to say it is the best gift god has given to man all the good the savior gave to the world was communicated through this book.

Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?

That I am not a member of any Christian church is true; but I have never denied the truth of the Scriptures, and I have never spoken with intentional disrespect of religion in general, or of any denomination of Christians in particular.

I am rather inclined to silence.

I cannot make it better known than it already is that i strongly favor colonization.

"Small steps in the right direction can turn out to be the biggest step of your life."

At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.

To the best of my judgment, I have labored for, and not against, the Union. As I have not felt, so I have not expressed any harsh sentiment towards our Southern brethren. I have constantly declared, as I really believed, the only difference between them and us is the difference of circumstances.

I believe this government cannot endure permanently, half slave and half free.

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.

I can express all my views on the slavery question by quotations from Henry Clay.