--- title: "7 Young man Quotes By Abraham Lincoln" description: "7 Young man quotes by Abraham Lincoln. Plus more from Abraham Lincoln and more Young man sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78f/abraham-lincoln-88_attempted_there-may-sometimes-be-ungenerous-attemp_824940.png" --- > [There may sometimes be ungenerous attempts to keep a young man down; and they will succeed, too, if he allows his mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/there-may-sometimes-be-ungenerous-attempts-to-keep-a-young-man-down/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78f/abraham-lincoln-88_attempted_there-may-sometimes-be-ungenerous-attemp_824940.png) > [There may sometimes be ungenerous attempts to keep a young man down; and they will succeed too, if he allows his mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/there-may-sometimes-be-ungenerous-attempts-to-keep-a-young-man-down-2/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac6/abraham-lincoln-88_attempted_there-may-sometimes-be-ungenerous-attemp_1314633.png) > [The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/the-way-for-a-young-man-to-rise-is-to-improve-himself-in-every-way-he/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f6/abraham-lincoln-88_hinder_the-way-for-a-young-man-to-rise-is-to-im_1662129.png) > [Young man, if God gives me four years more to rule this country, I believe it will become what it ought to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/young-man-if-god-gives-me-four-years-more-to-rule-this-country-i/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/055/abraham-lincoln-88_believe_young-man-if-god-gives-me-four-years-mor_1757952.jpg) > [Let no young man choosing the law for a calling for a moment yield to the popular belief -- resolve to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/let-no-young-man-choosing-the-law-for-a-calling-for-a-moment-yield-to/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b2/abraham-lincoln-88_being-honest_let-no-young-man-choosing-the-law-for-a_2114264.jpg) > [“The way for a young man to rise, is to improve himself every way he can, never suspecting that any body wishes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/the-way-for-a-young-man-to-rise-is-to-improve-himself-every-way-he/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/123/abraham-lincoln-88_rise_the-way-for-a-young-man-to-rise-is-to-im_2952841.png) > [“The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/the-way-for-a-young-man-to-rise-is-to-improve-himself-every-way-he-2/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b4/abraham-lincoln-88_young-man_the-way-for-a-young-man-to-rise-is-to-im_2988922.png) ## Other authors on Young man ## 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/young-man/abraham-lincoln/#itemlist", "name": "7 Young man Quotes By Abraham Lincoln", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There may sometimes be ungenerous attempts to keep a young man down; and they will succeed, too, if he allows his mind to be diverted from its true channel to brood over the attempted injury.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Abraham Lincoln" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/there-may-sometimes-be-ungenerous-attempts-to-keep-a-young-man-down/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78f/abraham-lincoln-88_attempted_there-may-sometimes-be-ungenerous-attemp_824940.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78f/abraham-lincoln-88_attempted_there-may-sometimes-be-ungenerous-attemp_824940.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78f/abraham-lincoln-88_attempted_there-may-sometimes-be-ungenerous-attemp_824940.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There may sometimes be ungenerous attempts to keep a young man down; and they will succeed, too, if he…” — Abraham Lincoln", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There may sometimes be ungenerous attempts to keep a young man down; and they will succeed too, if he allows his mind to be diverted from its true channel to brood over the attempted injury. 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