Quotes from Abraham Lincoln

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first six of them sharpening my axe.

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

IF you are going to fight, don't let them talk you into negotiating. But, if you are going to negotiate, don't let them talk you into fighting.

Laughter can be used to sooth the mind and get rid of those awful thoughts.

Semua orang bisa tahan dengan kesengsaraan, tapi bila kau ingin mengetahui karakter seseorang, berilah dia kekuasaan.

The struggle of today, is not altogether for today - it is for a vast future also.

A drop of honey gathers more flies than a gallon of gall

He whose wisdom surpasses that of all philosophers, has declared that 'a house divided against itself cannot stand

If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend.

Towering genius distains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.

The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.

To remain as I am is impossible; I must die or be better, it appears to me.

Without the assistance of that divine being, I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail. Trusting in Him, who can go with me, remain with you and be everywhere for good let us confidently hope that all will yet be well.

The will of God prevails. In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be, wrong.

I fear you do not fully comprehend the danger of abridging the liberties of the people. Nothing but the very sternest necessity can ever justify it. A government had better go to the very extreme of toleration, than to do aught that could be construed into an interference with, or to jeopardize in any degree, the common rights of its citizens.

that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. - President Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg address, November 19, 1863

The way for a young man to rise, is to improve himself every way he can, never suspecting that any body wishes to hinder him.

Yang penting bukan berapa kali aku gagal, tapi yang penting berapa kali aku bangkit dari kegagalan

We shall need all the anti-slavery feeling in the country, and more; you can go home and try to bring the people to your views, and you may say anything you like about me, if that will help... When the hour comes for dealing with slavery, I trust I will be willing to do my duty though it cost my life.

Military glory--that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood--that serpent's eye, that charms to destroy...

One company can serve some of your needs all of the time, or all of your needs some of the time, but never both.

I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.

I may be wrong in regard to any or all of them; but holding it a sound maxim, that it is better to be only sometimes right, than at all times wrong, so soon as I discover my opinions to be erroneous, I shall be ready to renounce them.

Your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other