Crossing the line Quote by Katie McGarry

“This, then, is a story of Lincoln’s political genius revealed through his extraordinary array of personal qualities that enabled him to form friendships with…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

“Lincoln had a masterful grasp of great subjects. He was able to look at events from all sides, so as to appreciate how they…

— Henry Ketcham

“a slow walker, but I never walk back. ABRAHAM LINCOLN”

— Cheryl Strayed

“Lincoln was “the most truly progressive man of the age, because he always moves in conjunction with propitious circumstances, not waiting to be dragged…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

“The farmers who were hiring Lincoln complained that he was lazy, “awful lazy.” He admitted it. “My father taught me to work,” he said,…

— Dale Carnegie

“Abraham Lincoln: Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.”

— John O'Leary

“And Lincoln, as would be evidenced throughout his presidency, was a master of timing.”

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

“Lincoln himself once said, “The worst things you can do for those you love are the things they could and should do for themselves.”…

— John Wooden

“Abraham Lincoln is reputed to have said that if he had eight hours to cut down a tree, he’d spend several of these hours…

— Irvin D. Yalom

“If I didn't have Lincoln's butt to stare at the whole time, motivation would be a lot harder to come by.”

— Jessica Shirvington

“On Lincoln: "A profound common sense is the best genius for statesmanship.”

— James Russell Lowell

“Lincoln grew immeasurably as he came to think of himself as an “instrument of God’s will.”

— Anonymous