“To believe in the things you can see and touch is no belief at all - but to believe in the unseen is a triumph and a blessing.”

“You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence”

“Nothing will divert me from my purpose.”

“I would just as soon die now, but I haven't done anything yet to be remembered by”

“If you think you can you can, if you think you can't you're right!”

“He whose wisdom surpasses that of all philosophers, has declared that 'a house divided against itself cannot stand”

“Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing.”

“With educated people, I suppose, punctuation is a matter of rule; with me it is a matter of feeling. But I must say I have a great respect for the semicolin; it's a useful little chap”

“You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.”

“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.”

“. . . that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. - President Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg address, November 19, 1863”

“You may deceive all the people part of the time, and part of the people all the time, but not all the people all the time.”

“RESPONSE TO POLITICAL SMEAR TO ROBERT ALLEN New Salem, June 21, 1836 DEAR COLONEL:—I am told that during my absence last week you passed through this place, and stated publicly that you were in possession of a fact or facts which, if known to the public, would entirely destroy the prospects of N. W. Edwards and myself at the ensuing election; but that, through favor to us, you should forbear to divulge them. No one has needed favors more than I, and, generally, few have been less unwilling to accept them; but in this case favor to me would be injustice to the public, and therefore I must beg your pardon for declining it. That I once had the confidence of the people of Sangamon, is sufficiently evident; and if I have since done anything, either by design or misadventure, which if known would subject me to a forfeiture of that confidence, he that knows of that thing, and conceals it, is a traitor to his country’s interest. I find myself wholly unable to form any conjecture of what fact or facts, real or supposed, you spoke; but my opinion of your veracity will not permit me for a moment to doubt that you at least believed what you said. I am flattered with the personal regard you manifested for me; but I do hope that, on more mature reflection, you will view the public interest as a paramount consideration, and therefore determine to let the worst come. I here assure you that the candid statement of facts on your part, however low it may sink me, shall never break the tie of personal friendship between us. I wish an answer to this, and you are at liberty to publish both, if you choose. Very respectfully, A. LINCOLN.”

“To ease another’s heartache is to forget one’s own.”

“Determine that the thing can and shall be done and then... find the way.”