Thinking Quotes by Abraham Lincoln

I think I stand where that man stands.

— Abraham Lincoln

I have always hated slavery, I think as much as any Abolitionist.

— Abraham Lincoln

Seriously, I do not think I fit for the presidency.

— Abraham Lincoln

Seriously, I do not think I am fit for the Presidency.

— Abraham Lincoln

As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew.

— Abraham Lincoln

Think of strangers as friends you not met yet.

— Abraham Lincoln

I think to lose Kentucky is nearly the same as to lose the whole game.

— Abraham Lincoln

I shall always think of myself first and foremost... as a hunter.

— Abraham Lincoln

You dislike the emancipation proclamation; and, perhaps, would have it retracted. You say it is unconstitutional - I think differently.

— Abraham Lincoln

The Bible is not my book and Christianity is not my religion. I could never give assent to the long complicated statements…

— Abraham Lincoln

None seemed to think the injury arose from the use of a bad thing but from the abuse of a very good…

— Abraham Lincoln

I will do what I think is right and when I discover that it is wrong, I will change it.

— Abraham Lincoln

We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.

— Abraham Lincoln

Tis better people think you a fool, then open your mouth and erase all doubt.

— Abraham Lincoln

When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and…

— Abraham Lincoln

Do you think we choose the times into which we are born? Or do we fit the times we are born into?

— Abraham Lincoln

We, on our side, are praying to Him to give us victory, because we believe we are right; but those on the…

— Abraham Lincoln

An allusion has been made to the Homestead Law. I think it worthy of consideration, and that the wild lands of the…

— Abraham Lincoln

I think that if anything can be proved by natural theology, it is that slavery is morally wrong. God gave man a…

— Abraham Lincoln

...I do not mean to say that this general government is charged with the duty of redressing or preventing all the wrongs…

— Abraham Lincoln

I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I can not remember when I did not so think,…

— Abraham Lincoln

I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with…

— Abraham Lincoln

My earlier views at the unsoundness of the Christian scheme of salvation and the human origin of the scriptures, have become clearer…

— Abraham Lincoln

When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I…

— Abraham Lincoln

I certainly know that if the war fails, the administration fails, and that I will be blamed for it, whether I deserve…

— Abraham Lincoln

I think that one of the causes of these repeated failures is that our best and greatest men have greatly underestimated the…

— Abraham Lincoln

I do not think I could myself, be brought to support a man for office, whom I knew to be an open…

— Abraham Lincoln

I have really got it into my head to try to be United States Senator, and, if I could have your support,…

— Abraham Lincoln

I cannot speak so confidently about the fighting qualities of the Eastern men, or what are called Yankees - not knowing myself…

— Abraham Lincoln

...Let us discard all this quibbling about this man and the other man-this race and that race and the other race being…

— Abraham Lincoln

Let none falter who thinks he is right, and we may succeed. But if, after all, we shall fail, be it so:…

— Abraham Lincoln

A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming elections.

— Abraham Lincoln

As to the whiskers, having never worn any, do you not think people would call it a piece of silly affectation if…

— Abraham Lincoln

The Bible says somewhere that we are desperately selfish. I think we would have discovered that fact without the Bible.

— Abraham Lincoln

I think that God means that we shall do more than we have yet done in furtherance of his plans and he…

— Abraham Lincoln

I think the authors of that notable instrument [the Declaration of Independence] intended to include all men.

— Abraham Lincoln

I do not think I could myself, be brought to support a man for office, whom I knew to be an open…

— Abraham Lincoln

We think slavery a great moral wrong, and while we do not claim the right to touch it where it exists, we…

— Abraham Lincoln

I think slavery is wrong, morally, and politically. I desire that it should be no further spread in these United States, and…

— Abraham Lincoln

Submitted to the Sec. of War. On principle I dislike an oath which requires a man to swear he has not done…

— Abraham Lincoln