Author Detail for Abraham Lincoln (23 Quotes)

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1 Abraham Lincoln Politics War Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.
2 Abraham Lincoln General Vanity Common-looking people are the best in the world; that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.
3 Abraham Lincoln General Learning I do not think much of a man who does not know more today than he did yesterday.
4 Abraham Lincoln Politics Lies No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
5 Abraham Lincoln Religion Obedience I care not if God is on my side; my constant hope and prayer is that I may be found on the Lord's side.
6 Abraham Lincoln General Honesty Resolove to be honest in all events; and if in your own judgement you cannot be an honest lawyer, resolve to be honest without being a lawyer.
7 Abraham Lincoln Literature Writing Writing, the art of communicating thoughts to the mind through the eye, is the great invention of the world...enabling us to converse with the dead, the absent, and the unborn, at all distances of time and space.
8 Abraham Lincoln Politics Persuasion A drop of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of gall. So with men. If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend.
9 Abraham Lincoln Politics Persuasion If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey that catches his heart, which, say what you will, is the great high-road to his reason, and which when once gained, you will find but little trouble in convincing his judgment of the justice of your cause.
10 Abraham Lincoln General Work Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
11 Abraham Lincoln General Contention Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention. Still less can he afford to take all the consequences, including the vitiating of his temper and loss of self control.
12 Abraham Lincoln General Wisdom Better give your path to a dog than be bitten by him in contesting for the right. Even killing the dog would not cure the bite.
13 Abraham Lincoln Politics Responsibility 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.
14 Abraham Lincoln Politics Freedom In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free...
15 Abraham Lincoln Politics Welfare You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.
16 Abraham Lincoln Politics Debt You cannot establish security on borrowed money.
17 Abraham Lincoln Politics Debt You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.
18 Abraham Lincoln Politics Socialism You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich.
19 Abraham Lincoln Politics Socialism You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
20 Abraham Lincoln Politics Socialism You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
21 Abraham Lincoln Politics Debt You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
22 Abraham Lincoln Lds Prohibition Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our nation was founded.
23 Abraham Lincoln Lds Word of Wisdom Whether or not the world would be vastly benefited by a total banishment from it of all intoxicating drinks seems now not an open question. Three-fourths of mankind confess the affirmative with their tongues, and I believe all the rest acknowledge it in their hearts.