Choose language

Forgot your password?

Need a Spoofbox account? Create one for FREE!

No subscription or hidden extras

Login

Abraham Lincoln

Read through the most famous quotes from Abraham Lincoln




It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.


— Abraham Lincoln


#self-worth #serenity #faith

I am not concerned that you have fallen -- I am concerned that you arise.


— Abraham Lincoln


#perseverance #failure

All I have learned, I learned from books.


— Abraham Lincoln


#education #lifelong-learning #lincoln #reading #self-education

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, and beer.


— Abraham Lincoln


#democracy #informed-decisions #democracy

I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me.


— Abraham Lincoln


#love #marriage #us-presidents #wisdom #love

To ease another’s heartache is to forget one’s own.


— Abraham Lincoln


#charity #public-service #volunteerism #service

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.


— Abraham Lincoln


#give #noble #offense #should #take

No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.


— Abraham Lincoln


#humor #humor

The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession.


— Abraham Lincoln


#atheism #bible

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.


— Abraham Lincoln


#moral-courage #right #right-and-wrong #courage






About Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Quotes




Did you know about Abraham Lincoln?

Twice a week Lincoln would meet with his cabinet in the afternoon and occasionally Mary Lincoln would force him to take a carriage ride because Abraham Lincoln was concerned he was working too hard. Lincoln authorized Grant to target the Confederate infrastructure—such as plantations railroads and bridges—hoping to destroy the South's morale and weaken its economic ability to continue fighting. Upon ratification it became the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution on December 6 1865.

presidents the others by scholars being George Washington and Franklin D. With almost no support in the South Lincoln swept the North and was elected president in 1860. "
When the North enthusiastically rallied behind the national flag after the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter on April 12 1861 Lincoln concentrated on the military and political dimensions of the war effort.

back to top