Lincoln called laughter "the joyous, beautiful, universal evergreen of life." — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
In the end, it's not the years in your lifethat count. It's the life in your years. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I pass my life in preventing the storm from blowing down the tent, and I drive in the pegs as fast as… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Kindness is the only service that will stand the storm of life and not wash out. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“In the end, it's not the years in your life that counts. It's the life in your years.” — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Next to creating a life the finest thing a man can do is save one. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
In my entire life I have only met four "perfect" people... and I disliked them all. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I hold the value of life is to improve one's condition. Whatever is calculated to advance the condition of the honest, struggling… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
When I got him out he was near froze solid and shivering. He was shaking so hard that I wasted half a… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I never went to school more than six months in my life, but I can say this: that among my earliest recollections,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
You can have anything you want if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Kindness is the only service that will stand the storm of life and not wash out. It will wear well and will… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
A man has not the time to spend half his life in quarrels. If any man ceases to attack me, I never… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
All that I am or hope to be I owe to my angel mother. I remember my mother's prayers and they have… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Rules of living Don't worry, eat three square meals a day,say your prayers, be courteous to your creditors, keep your digestion good,steer… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Now, I confess myself as belonging to that class in the country who contemplate slavery as a moral, social and political evil,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
It is not my nature, when I see a people borne down by the weight of their shackles - the oppression of… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Wise statesmen ... established these great self-evident truths, that when in the distant future some man, some faction, some interest, should set… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Life may not always be a bed of roses. All of us are aware of this fact. There are numerous times in… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“We shall need all the anti-slavery feeling in the country, and more; you can go home and try to bring the people… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Here in my heart, my happiness, my house. Here inside the lighted window is my love, my hope, my life. Peace is… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I was born and have ever remaind [sic] in the most humble walks of life. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I have simply tried to do what seemed best each day, as each day came. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
You are young, and I am older; You are hopeful, I am not- Enjoy life, ere it grow colder- Pluck the roses… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is apt to lead to infidelity. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
When the hour comes for dealing with slavery, I trust I will be willing to do my duty though it cost my… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share
Next came the Patent laws. These began in England in 1624; and, in this country, with the adoption of our constitution. Before then [these?],… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share
While the people retain their virtue and vigilance, no administration, by any extreme of wickedness or folly, can very seriously injure the government in… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share
I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share
Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together in bonds of fraternal… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share
If you wish to be a lawyer, attach no consequence to the place you are in, or the person you are with; but get… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share
As we keep or break the Sabbath Day we nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope by which man rises. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share
We know, Southern men declare that their slaves are better off than hired laborers amongst us. How little they know, whereof they speak! There… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share
I am glad to see that a system of labor prevails under which laborers can strike when they want to. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share
In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and to the young, it comes with bitterest agony because it takes them unawares.… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share
The man does not live who is more devoted to peace than I am. None who would do more to preserve it. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share