Parenting Quotes by Abraham Lincoln

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

— Abraham Lincoln

“Love is the chain whereby to lock a child to its parent.”

— Abraham Lincoln

All I am, or can be, I owe to my angel mother.

— Abraham Lincoln

All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother.

— Abraham Lincoln

I regard no man as poor who has a godly mother.

— Abraham Lincoln

The Father of Waters again goes unvexed to the sea.

— Abraham Lincoln

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.

— Abraham Lincoln

No man is poor who has a Godly mother.

— Abraham Lincoln

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.

— Abraham Lincoln

My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families - second families, perhaps I should say.

— Abraham Lincoln

My old father used to have a saying: If you make a bad bargain, hug it all the tighter.

— Abraham Lincoln

It is my pleasure that my children are free and happy, and unrestrained by parental tyranny. Love is the chain whereby to…

— Abraham Lincoln

My father, at the death of his father, was but six years of age; and he grew up, literally without education.

— Abraham Lincoln

You already know I desire that neither Father or Mother shall be in want of any comfort either in health or sickness…

— Abraham Lincoln

The greatest lessons I have every learned were at my mother's knees... All that I am, or hope to be, I owe…

— Abraham Lincoln

“If my father's son can become President of these United States, then your father's son can become anything he wishes.”

— Abraham Lincoln

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

My father... removed from Kentucky to... Indiana, in my eighth year... It was a wild region, with many bears and other wild…

— Abraham Lincoln

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. I never did like to work, and I…

— Abraham Lincoln

My father taught me to work, but not to love it. I never did like to work, and I don't deny it.…

— Abraham Lincoln

I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the…

— Abraham Lincoln

Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the…

— Abraham Lincoln

He reminds me of the man who murdered both his parents, and then when sentence was about to be pronounced pleaded for…

— Abraham Lincoln

I do, therefore, invite my fellow citizens . . . to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as…

— Abraham Lincoln

I told myself, "Lincoln, you can never make a lawyer if you do not understand what demonstrate means." So I left my…

— Abraham Lincoln

I was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families--second families, perhaps…

— Abraham Lincoln

Your good mother tells me you are feeling very badly in your new situation. Allow me to assure you it is a…

— Abraham Lincoln

Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap. Let it…

— Abraham Lincoln

Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap - let…

— Abraham Lincoln

In the way our Fathers originally left the slavery question, the institution was in the course of ultimate extinction, and the public…

— Abraham Lincoln

“Here is Abraham Lincoln’s touching condolence letter to 22-year-old Fanny McCullough, the daughter of a long-time friend: “Dear Fanny It is with…

— Abraham Lincoln

“Executive Mansion, Washington, Nov. 21, 1864. Dear Madam,-- I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of…

— Abraham Lincoln

“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to…

— Abraham Lincoln

I always remember the prayers of my mother as they always forever.

— Abraham Lincoln

Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to its parents.

— Abraham Lincoln

Hypocrite: The man who murdered his parents, and then pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan.

— Abraham Lincoln

“Our safety, our liberty, depends upon preserving the Constitution of the United States as our fathers made it inviolate. The people of…

— Abraham Lincoln

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to…

— Abraham Lincoln

Let every man remember that to violate the law, is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the…

— Abraham Lincoln