Abraham Lincoln

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

Every man’s happiness is his own responsibility.

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

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

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

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

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.

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

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

Whatever you are, be a good one.

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

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

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

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

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

I would rather be a little nobody, then to be an evil somebody.

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

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.

I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go.

The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.

Human action can be modified to some extent, but human nature cannot be changed.

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

I do not like this punishment of withholding pay--it falls so very hard upon poor families.

I nominate Ulysses S. Grant, now a major-general in the military service, to be lieutenant-general in the Army of the United States.

In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 26th instant, I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of War, relative to the reenlistment of veteran volunteers.