--- title: "6 Assistance Quotes By Abraham Lincoln" description: "6 Assistance quotes by Abraham Lincoln. Plus more from Abraham Lincoln and more Assistance sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c80/abraham-lincoln-88_assistance_without-divine-assistance-i-can-not-succ_187998.png" --- > [Without Divine assistance I can not succeed; with it I can not fail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/without-divine-assistance-i-can-not-succeed-with-it-i-can-not-fail/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c80/abraham-lincoln-88_assistance_without-divine-assistance-i-can-not-succ_187998.png) > [My friends I now leave, not knowing when, or whether ever, I may return, with a task before me greater than that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/my-friends-i-now-leave-not-knowing-when-or-whether-ever-i-may-return/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bab/abraham-lincoln-88_assistance_my-friends-i-now-leave-not-knowing-when_324313.png) > [Received as I am by the members of a legislature the majority of whom do not agree with me in political sentiments,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/received-as-i-am-by-the-members-of-a-legislature-the-majority-of-whom/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a2/abraham-lincoln-88_agree_received-as-i-am-by-the-members-of-a-leg_439334.png) > [Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/both-read-the-same-bible-and-pray-to-the-same-god-and-each-invokes/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f1/abraham-lincoln-88_aids_both-read-the-same-bible-and-pray-to-the_2641297.jpg) > [Without the assistance of that Divine Being...I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/without-the-assistance-of-that-divine-being-i-cannot-succeed-with-2/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17e/abraham-lincoln-88_adversity_without-the-assistance-of-that-divine-be_2962696.png) > [The President responded very impressively, saying that he was deeply sensible of his need of Divine assistance. He had sometime thought that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/the-president-responded-very-impressively-saying-that-he-was-deeply/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa7/abraham-lincoln-88_assistance_the-president-responded-very-impressivel_3115136.jpg) ## Other authors on Assistance ## More by Abraham Lincoln > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/elections-belong-to-the-people-it-s-their-decision-if-they-decide-to/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [ Next came the Patent laws. These began in England in 1624; and, in this country, with the adoption of our constitution. Before then \[these?\],… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/next-came-the-patent-laws-these-began-in-england-in-1624-and-in-this/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/all-that-i-am-or-ever-hope-to-be-i-owe-to-my-angel-mother/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [While the people retain their virtue and vigilance, no administration, by any extreme of wickedness or folly, can very seriously injure the government in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/while-the-people-retain-their-virtue-and-vigilance-no-administration/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-could-not-have-slept-tonight-if-i-had-left-that-helpless-little/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together in bonds of fraternal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/let-us-at-all-times-remember-that-all-american-citizens-are-brothers/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [If you wish to be a lawyer, attach no consequence to the place you are in, or the person you are with; but get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/if-you-wish-to-be-a-lawyer-attach-no-consequence-to-the-place-you-are/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [As we keep or break the Sabbath Day we nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope by which man rises.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/as-we-keep-or-break-the-sabbath-day-we-nobly-save-or-meanly-lose-the/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [Tell the truth and you won't have so much to remember](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/tell-the-truth-and-you-won-t-have-so-much-to-remember/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [With high hope for the future, no prediction is ventured.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/with-high-hope-for-the-future-no-prediction-is-ventured/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [We know, Southern men declare that their slaves are better off than hired laborers amongst us. How little they know, whereof they speak! There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/we-know-southern-men-declare-that-their-slaves-are-better-off-than/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [I am glad to see that a system of labor prevails under which laborers can strike when they want to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-am-glad-to-see-that-a-system-of-labor-prevails-under-which-laborers/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-don-t-like-that-man-i-must-get-to-know-him-better/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and to the young, it comes with bitterest agony because it takes them unawares.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/in-this-sad-world-of-ours-sorrow-comes-to-all-and-to-the-young-it/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [The man does not live who is more devoted to peace than I am. None who would do more to preserve it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/the-man-does-not-live-who-is-more-devoted-to-peace-than-i-am-none-who/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/assistance/abraham-lincoln/#itemlist", "name": "6 Assistance Quotes By Abraham Lincoln", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Without Divine assistance I can not succeed; with it I can not fail.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Abraham Lincoln" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/without-divine-assistance-i-can-not-succeed-with-it-i-can-not-fail/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c80/abraham-lincoln-88_assistance_without-divine-assistance-i-can-not-succ_187998.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c80/abraham-lincoln-88_assistance_without-divine-assistance-i-can-not-succ_187998.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c80/abraham-lincoln-88_assistance_without-divine-assistance-i-can-not-succ_187998.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Without Divine assistance I can not succeed; with it I can not fail.” — Abraham Lincoln", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My friends I now leave, not knowing when, or whether ever, I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington. 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