Quotes by President

"Whatever you are, be a good one."

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

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

"I walk slowly, but I never walk backward."

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

"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."

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

"The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disentrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country."

"You can not escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today."

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

"Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people may be engaged in."

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

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

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

"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

"Our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in our bosoms. Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as the heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere."

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

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

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

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

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

"I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts."

"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 by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong."

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