--- title: "7 Fit Quotes By Abraham Lincoln" description: "7 Fit quotes by Abraham Lincoln. Plus more from Abraham Lincoln and more Fit sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/571/abraham-lincoln-88_able_it-is-a-pleasure-to-be-able-to-quote-lin_244998.png" --- > [It is a pleasure to be able to quote lines to fit any occasion...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/it-is-a-pleasure-to-be-able-to-quote-lines-to-fit-any-occasion/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/571/abraham-lincoln-88_able_it-is-a-pleasure-to-be-able-to-quote-lin_244998.png) > [Seriously, I do not think I am fit for the Presidency.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/seriously-i-do-not-think-i-am-fit-for-the-presidency/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c64/abraham-lincoln-88_esteem_seriously-i-do-not-think-i-am-fit-for-th_448471.png) > [Seriously, I do not think I fit for the presidency.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/seriously-i-do-not-think-i-fit-for-the-presidency/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/486/abraham-lincoln-88_esteem_seriously-i-do-not-think-i-fit-for-the-p_859569.png) > [Familiarize yourselves with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them. Accustomed to trample on the rights…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/familiarize-yourselves-with-the-chains-of-bondage-and-you-prepare/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/522/abraham-lincoln-88_accustomed_familiarize-yourselves-with-the-chains-o_874176.jpg) > [If the good people in their wisdom shall see fit to keep me in the background, I have been too familiar with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/if-the-good-people-in-their-wisdom-shall-see-fit-to-keep-me-in-the/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ba/abraham-lincoln-88_backgrounds_if-the-good-people-in-their-wisdom-shall_1845495.jpg) > [What constitutes the bulwark of our liberty and independence? It is not our frowning battlements, our bristling sea-coasts, our army and our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/what-constitutes-the-bulwark-of-our-liberty-and-independence-it-is/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97e/abraham-lincoln-88_army_what-constitutes-the-bulwark-of-our-libe_2744856.png) > [Do you think we choose the times into which we are born? Or do we fit the times we are born into?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/do-you-think-we-choose-the-times-into-which-we-are-born-or-do-we-fit/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e62/abraham-lincoln-88_born_do-you-think-we-choose-the-times-into-wh_2943351.png) ## Other authors on Fit ## 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/fit/abraham-lincoln/#itemlist", "name": "7 Fit Quotes By Abraham Lincoln", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is a pleasure to be able to quote lines to fit any occasion...", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Abraham Lincoln" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/it-is-a-pleasure-to-be-able-to-quote-lines-to-fit-any-occasion/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/571/abraham-lincoln-88_able_it-is-a-pleasure-to-be-able-to-quote-lin_244998.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/571/abraham-lincoln-88_able_it-is-a-pleasure-to-be-able-to-quote-lin_244998.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/571/abraham-lincoln-88_able_it-is-a-pleasure-to-be-able-to-quote-lin_244998.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is a pleasure to be able to quote lines to fit any occasion...” — Abraham Lincoln", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Seriously, I do not think I am fit for the Presidency.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Abraham Lincoln" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/seriously-i-do-not-think-i-am-fit-for-the-presidency/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c64/abraham-lincoln-88_esteem_seriously-i-do-not-think-i-am-fit-for-th_448471.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c64/abraham-lincoln-88_esteem_seriously-i-do-not-think-i-am-fit-for-th_448471.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c64/abraham-lincoln-88_esteem_seriously-i-do-not-think-i-am-fit-for-th_448471.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Seriously, I do not think I am fit for the Presidency.” — Abraham Lincoln", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Seriously, I do not think I fit for the presidency.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Abraham Lincoln" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/seriously-i-do-not-think-i-fit-for-the-presidency/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/486/abraham-lincoln-88_esteem_seriously-i-do-not-think-i-fit-for-the-p_859569.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/486/abraham-lincoln-88_esteem_seriously-i-do-not-think-i-fit-for-the-p_859569.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/486/abraham-lincoln-88_esteem_seriously-i-do-not-think-i-fit-for-the-p_859569.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Seriously, I do not think I fit for the presidency.” — Abraham Lincoln", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Familiarize yourselves with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them. 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