Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Abraham Lincoln Quotes
FriendshipLossPain If we have no friends, we have no pleasure; and if we have them, we are sure to lose them, and be doubly pained by the loss.
PerspectivePrivate LifePublic Life A farce or comedy is best played; a tragedy is best read at home.
IndividualityPreferencesReading For people who like that kind of a book that is the kind of book they will like.
Difference of OpinionMorality You think slavery is right and should be extended; while we think slavery is wrong and ought to be restricted. That I suppose is the rub. It certainly is the only substantial difference between us.
DeterminationEffortPerseverance I do the very best I know how-the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.
GenerosityGeniusIntemperanceMoral IntegrityVices The demon of intemperance ever seems to have delighted in sucking the blood of genius and of generosity.
AccountabilityHonestyIntegrityTruth I believe it is an established maxim in morals that he who makes an assertion without knowing whether it is true or false, is guilty of falsehood; and the accidental truth of the assertion, does not justify or excuse him.
FriendshipHonestyTruth I never encourage deceit, and falsehood, especially if you have got a bad memory, is the worst enemy a fellow can have. The fact is truth is your truest friend, no matter what the circumstances are.
ConscienceInner StrengthIntegrity I desire to so conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end, when I come to lay down the reins of power, I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me.
AuthenticityConvictionsIntegrityMoralsValue You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry.
AffectionFriendshipMemoryReconciliationUnity We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
Divine WillFaithRighteousness Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.
EqualityHopeLeadershipResponsibility I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House I am living witness that any one of your children may look to come here as my father's child has.
ChangeConflictDivisionPerseveranceUnity A house divided against itself cannot stand I believe this government cannot endure permanently half-slave and half-free I do not expect the Union to be dissolved - I do not expect the house to fall - but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other.
AltruismCompassionEmpathyEthicsVirtue I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.
BalanceCompassionForgivenessJusticeMercy I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
EqualityHopeLibertyPerseverance I leave you, hoping that the lamp of liberty will burn in your bosoms until there shall no longer be a doubt that all men are created free and equal.
CautionHumilityPrudenceStabilityWisdom I have not permitted myself, gentlemen, to conclude that I am the best man in the country; but I am reminded, in this connection, of a story of an old Dutch farmer who remarked to a companion once that 'it was not best to swap horses while crossing streams'.
EthicsFinancial SystemsPower DynamicsValueWork Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
CommunicationPerceptionRespectSelf-awarenessTact Tact: the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
BeliefFriendshipLoyaltyMotivationSuccess I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down.
ConflictDivine WillHuman Purpose The will of God prevails In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God Both may be, and one must be, wrong God cannot be for and against the same thing at the same time In the present civil war it is quite possible that God's purpose is something different from the purpose of either party - and yet the human instrumentalities, working just as they do, are of the best adaptation to effect His purpose.
AutonomyHappinessIndependenceResponsibilitySelf-Ownership Every man's happiness is his own responsibility.