--- title: "Best World Quotes by Abraham Lincoln" description: "56 World quotes by Abraham Lincoln. Plus more from Abraham Lincoln and more World sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1d/abraham-lincoln-88_american-civil-war_the-world-will-little-note-nor-long-reme_1574623.jpg" --- > [The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/the-world-will-little-note-nor-long-remember-what-we-say-here-but-it-2/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1d/abraham-lincoln-88_american-civil-war_the-world-will-little-note-nor-long-reme_1574623.jpg) > [I believe the Bible is the best gift God ever gave to man. All the good from the Savior of the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-believe-the-bible-is-the-best-gift-god-ever-gave-to-man-all-the/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/558/abraham-lincoln-88_believe_i-believe-the-bible-is-the-best-gift-god_2188222.png) > [Let us hopethat by the best cultivation of the physical world, beneath and around us; and the intellectual and moral world within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/let-us-hopethat-by-the-best-cultivation-of-the-physical-world-beneath/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/846/abraham-lincoln-88_courses_let-us-hopethat-by-the-best-cultivation_2563853.png) > [All creation is a mine, and every man a miner. The whole earth, and all within it, upon it, and round about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/all-creation-is-a-mine-and-every-man-a-miner-the-whole-earth-and-all/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6e/abraham-lincoln-88_creation_all-creation-is-a-mine-and-every-man-a-m_2570296.jpg) > [In this troublesome world, we are never quite satisfied. When you were here, I thought you hindered me some in attending to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/in-this-troublesome-world-we-are-never-quite-satisfied-when-you-were/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbe/abraham-lincoln-88_attending_in-this-troublesome-world-we-are-never-q_705434.jpg) > [...I do not mean to say that this general government is charged with the duty of redressing or preventing all the wrongs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-do-not-mean-to-say-that-this-general-government-is-charged-with-the/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/775/abraham-lincoln-88_duty_i-do-not-mean-to-say-that-this-general-g_226723.png) > [If ever I feel the soul within me elevate and expand to those dimensions not wholly unworthy of its Almighty Architect, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/if-ever-i-feel-the-soul-within-me-elevate-and-expand-to-those/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d05/abraham-lincoln-88_almighty_if-ever-i-feel-the-soul-within-me-elevat_887282.jpg) > [It may be affirmed, without extravagance, that the free institutions we enjoy, have developed the powers, and improved the condition, of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/it-may-be-affirmed-without-extravagance-that-the-free-institutions-we/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dad/abraham-lincoln-88_conditions_it-may-be-affirmed-without-extravagance_3034061.png) > [Let us re-adopt the Declaration of Independence, and with it, the practices, and policy, which harmonize with it. Let north and south…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/let-us-re-adopt-the-declaration-of-independence-and-with-it-the/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b32/abraham-lincoln-88_blessed_let-us-re-adopt-the-declaration-of-indep_1290892.jpg) > [The prudent, penniless beginner in the world, labors for wages awhile, saves a surplus with which to buy tools or land, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/the-prudent-penniless-beginner-in-the-world-labors-for-wages-awhile/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/473/abraham-lincoln-88_accounts_the-prudent-penniless-beginner-in-the-wo_1175444.jpg) > [Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of purpose between the Almighty and them. To deny…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/men-are-not-flattered-by-being-shown-that-there-has-been-a-difference-2/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88e/abraham-lincoln-88_almighty_men-are-not-flattered-by-being-shown-tha_2767840.png) > [We were proclaiming ourselves political hypocrites before the world, by thus fostering Human Slavery and proclaiming ourselves, at the same time, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/we-were-proclaiming-ourselves-political-hypocrites-before-the-world/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b27/abraham-lincoln-88_fostering_we-were-proclaiming-ourselves-political_253307.png) > [It is to deny, what the history of the world tells us is true, to suppose that men of ambition and talents…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/it-is-to-deny-what-the-history-of-the-world-tells-us-is-true-to/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39b/abraham-lincoln-88_ambition_it-is-to-deny-what-the-history-of-the-wo_492927.png) > [As long as the Almighty permitted intelligent men, created in his image and likeness, to fight in public and kill each other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/as-long-as-the-almighty-permitted-intelligent-men-created-in-his/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13d/abraham-lincoln-88_almighty_as-long-as-the-almighty-permitted-intell_1145101.png) > [But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/but-in-a-larger-sense-we-cannot-dedicate-we-cannot-consecrate-we/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b0/abraham-lincoln-88_4th-of-july_but-in-a-larger-sense-we-cannot-dedicate_589231.png) > [ We must believe that He permits it \[this war\] for some wise purpose of his own, mysterious and unknown to us; and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/we-must-believe-that-he-permits-it-this-war-for-some-wise-purpose-of/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ead/abraham-lincoln-88_able_we-must-believe-that-he-permits-it-this_298258.png) ## Other authors on World - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sunday-adelaja-87912.jpg) Sunday Adelaja 641 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/sunday-adelaja/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 475 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/frederick-lenz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 297 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/barack-obama/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 284 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 207 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mahatma-gandhi-62675.jpg) Mahatma Gandhi 198 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/mahatma-gandhi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 175 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/paulo-coelho/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-swami-vivekananda-88348.jpg) Swami Vivekananda 174 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/swami-vivekananda/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 174 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/donald-trump/) - [Dada Bhagwan 173 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/dada-bhagwan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-marianne-williamson-63745.jpg) Marianne Williamson 169 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/marianne-williamson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 163 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/henry-david-thoreau/) ## 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/world/abraham-lincoln/#itemlist", "name": "Best World Quotes by Abraham Lincoln", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. 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