Quotes by Abraham Lincoln

We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.

It’s surprising how much you can accomplish if you don’t care who gets the credit.

It is not best to swap horses while crossing the river.

If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first four sharpening the ax.

I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

I don’t like that man. I’m going to have to get to know him better.

He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help.

He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I ever met.

COMMITMENT: Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality. It is the words that speak boldly of your intentions and the actions which speak louder than words. It is making the time when there is none. Coming through time after time. Commitment is the stuff character is made of. It is the dai…

A person is as happy as he makes up his mind to be.