Quotable LincolnQuotable Lincoln

Always bear in mind that your own

resolution to succeed is more important than

any one thing

Always bear in mind that your own

resolution to succeed is more important than

any one thing

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and

remove all doubt

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and

remove all doubt

Discourage Litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise

whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has

superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be

business enough.

Discourage Litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise

whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has

superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be

business enough.

Force is all conquering, but its victories are short

lived.

Force is all conquering, but its victories are short

lived.

He can compress the most words into the

smallest ideas of any man I ever met.

He can compress the most words into the

smallest ideas of any man I ever met.

You may decieve all of the people part of the time, and part of the people all of the time, but not all the people

all the time.

You may decieve all of the people part of the time, and part of the people all of the time, but not all the people

all the time.

When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I

feel bad, and that is my religion.

When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I

feel bad, and that is my religion.

I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth,

they can be depended upon to meet any national crises. The great point is to bring

them the real facts.

I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth,

they can be depended upon to meet any national crises. The great point is to bring

them the real facts.

I will prepare and someday my chance will

come.

I will prepare and someday my chance will

come.

If I were two faced, would I be wearing this

one?

If I were two faced, would I be wearing this

one?

If you would win a man to your cause, first convince

him that you are his sincere friend.

If you would win a man to your cause, first convince

him that you are his sincere friend.

It has been my experience that folds who have no vices have very

few virtues.

It has been my experience that folds who have no vices have very

few virtues.

It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and

claims kindred to the great God who made him.

It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and

claims kindred to the great God who made him.

Let me not be understood as saying that there are no bad laws, nor that

grievances may not arise for the redress of which no legal provisions have been

made. Although bad laws, if they exist, should be repealed, still, while they continue in

force, they should be religiously observed.

Let me not be understood as saying that there are no bad laws, nor that

grievances may not arise for the redress of which no legal provisions have been

made. Although bad laws, if they exist, should be repealed, still, while they continue in

force, they should be religiously observed.

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

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

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

give him power.

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

give him power.

No man has a good enough memory to

make a successful liar

No man has a good enough memory to

make a successful liar

No man is good enough to govern

another man without that other’s consent.

No man is good enough to govern

another man without that other’s consent.

Tact is the ability to describe others as

they see themselves.

Tact is the ability to describe others as

they see themselves.

That some should be rich, shows that others may

become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to

industry and enterprise.

That some should be rich, shows that others may

become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to

industry and enterprise.

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.

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.

Whatever you are, be a good

one.

Whatever you are, be a good

one.

When you have got an elephant by the gind leg,

and he is trying to run away, it’s best to let him

run.

When you have got an elephant by the gind leg,

and he is trying to run away, it’s best to let him

run.

You cannot escape the responsibility of

tomorrow by evading it today.

You cannot escape the responsibility of

tomorrow by evading it today.

A friend is one who has the same enemies as

you have.

A friend is one who has the same enemies as

you have.

A house divided against itself cannot

stand.

A house divided against itself cannot

stand.

All that I am, or can be, I owe to my angel

mother.

All that I am, or can be, I owe to my angel

mother.

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower

would grow.

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower

would grow.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to

succeed is more important than any other.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to

succeed is more important than any other.

Am I not destroying my enemies when I

make friends of them?

Am I not destroying my enemies when I

make friends of them?

America will never be destroyed from the outside.

If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because

we destroyed ourselves.

America will never be destroyed from the outside.

If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because

we destroyed ourselves.

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a

master. This expresses my idea of democracy.

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a

master. This expresses my idea of democracy.

As our case is new, we must think and

act anew.

As our case is new, we must think and

act anew.

Avoid popularity if you would have

peace.

Avoid popularity if you would have

peace.

Ballots are the rightful and peaceful

successors to bullets.

Ballots are the rightful and peaceful

successors to bullets.

Be sure you put your feet in the right

place, then stand firm.

Be sure you put your feet in the right

place, then stand firm.

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

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

Common looking people are the best in the world:

that is the reason the Lord makes so many of

them.

Common looking people are the best in the world:

that is the reason the Lord makes so many of

them.

Let every American, swear by the blood of the

Revolution, never to violate the laws of the country, and

never to tolerate their violation by others.

Let every American, swear by the blood of the

Revolution, never to violate the laws of the country, and

never to tolerate their violation by others.

In law it is a good policy to never plead what you need not, lest you oblige yourself to prove what

you can not.

In law it is a good policy to never plead what you need not, lest you oblige yourself to prove what

you can not.

The leading rule for the lawyer is diligence. Leave nothing for

tomorrow which can be done today.

The leading rule for the lawyer is diligence. Leave nothing for

tomorrow which can be done today.

Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this. Who can be more nearly a fiend than he who

habitually overhauls the register of deeds in search of defects in

titles?

Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this. Who can be more nearly a fiend than he who

habitually overhauls the register of deeds in search of defects in

titles?

Resolve to be honest at all events; and if in your own

judgment you cannot be an honest lawyer, resolve to be

honest without being a lawyer

Resolve to be honest at all events; and if in your own

judgment you cannot be an honest lawyer, resolve to be

honest without being a lawyer