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Struggle Quotes by Abraham Lincoln
- I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me. Now, at the end of three years struggle the nation's…
- It is the eternal struggle between these two principles - right and wrong. They are the two principles that have stood face to face from…
- The struggle of today is not altogether for today - it is for a vast future also.
- [T]he man who, in the concrete pressure of a struggle for national independence by a single people, had the coolness, forecast, and capacity to introduce…
- There is more involved in this contest than is realized by every one. There is involved in this struggle the question whether your children and…
- We have, as all will agree, a free Government, where every man has a right to be equal with every other man. In this great…
- My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save…
- My paramount objective in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not to either save or destroy Slavery.
- If ever this free people, if this Government itself is ever utterly demoralized, it will come from this incessant human wriggle and struggle for office,…
- I never did ask more, nor ever was willing to accept less, than for all the States, and the people thereof, to take and hold…
- I am struggling to maintain the government, not to overthrow it. I am struggling especially to prevent others from overthrowing it.
- ...I am exceedingly anxious that this Union, the Constitution, and the liberties of the people shall be perpetuated in accordance with the original idea for…
- The struggle of today, is not altogether for today - it is for a vast future also. With a reliance on Providence, all the more…
- This human struggle and scramble for office, for a way to live without work, will finally test the strength of our institutions.
- The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.
- I can not deny that all may be swept away. Broken by it, I, too, may be; bow to it I never will. The probability…
More Struggle Quotes
- I have a very sharp tongue, I'm very impatient, and it's a lifelong struggle. — Karen Armstrong
- I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude. — Desi Arnaz
- The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing. — Marcus Aurelius
- I am a woman with a calling for social struggle and public service. — Michelle Bachelet
- I do struggle with how much and in which way, as an artist or celebrity, that you voice your political views. — Kevin Bacon
- Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world. — Ansel Adams
- I wanted to be a teacher, but I was a lousy student, one of the slowest readers. It was a tremendous struggle.… — Ann Bancroft
- In order to succeed, people need a sense of self-efficacy, to struggle together with resilience to meet the inevitable obstacles and inequities… — Albert Bandura
- In the past I have defended the right of the IRA to engage in armed struggle. I did so because there was… — Gerry Adams
- You can talk about capitalism and communism and all that sort of thing, but the important thing is the struggle everybody is… — Bernard Baruch
- You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is… — Charles A. Beard
- Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts. — Arnold Bennett