Ulysses S. Grant Quotes


Every man over forty is responsible for his face. Abraham Lincoln Face 2,075
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. Abraham Lincoln Time 1,315
It is an old and true maxim that a drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall. So with men, if you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Abraham Lincoln Sincerity 1,245
No man is poor who has a Godly mother. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln 893
Friends, I agree with you in Providence; but I believe in the Providence of the most men, the largest purse, and the longest cannon. Abraham Lincoln God 821
I am a slow walker but I never walk back. Abraham Lincoln perseverance 477
You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time. Abraham Lincoln Truth 464
I am not bound to win, but i am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but i am bound to live up to what light i have. Abraham Lincoln Success 428
A house divided against itself cannot stand -- I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. Abraham Lincoln Unity 389
Be sure you put your feet in the right place then stand firm. Abraham Lincoln belief 374
A nation may be said to consist of its territory, its people and its laws. The territory is the only part which is of certain durability. Laws change, people die, the land remains. Abraham Lincoln Nation 345
I laugh because I must not cry. That is all. That is all. Abraham Lincoln Crying 329
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be. Abraham Lincoln Happiness 248
I will study and get ready and someday my chance will come. Abraham Lincoln Study 244
Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. Abraham Lincoln Happiness 234
The problem with quotes on the internet is that it is hard to verify their authenticity. Abraham Lincoln Uncategorized 227
We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot. Abraham Lincoln Promises 227
Freedom is the last, best hope of earth. Abraham Lincoln Freedom 218
Tell me what brand of whiskey that Grant drinks. I would like to send a barrel of it to my other generals. Abraham Lincoln Military 211
He reminds me of the man who murdered both his parents, and then when the sentence was about to be pronounced, pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was orphan. Abraham Lincoln Crime 210
With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds. Abraham Lincoln Work 198
If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee. Abraham Lincoln Coffee 189
The trouble with too many people is they believe the realm of truth always lies within their vision. Abraham Lincoln Truth 182
We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses Abraham Lincoln Positive 180
Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time. Abraham Lincoln Time 174
Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. Abraham Lincoln Slavery 172
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure. Abraham Lincoln Failure 172
I walk slowly, but I never walk backward. Abraham Lincoln Progress 171
A house divided against itself cannot stand. Abraham Lincoln Uncategorized 171
No man has a good enough memory to make a successful liar. Abraham Lincoln Memory 169
These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have. Abraham Lincoln Equality 169
The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend. Abraham Lincoln best 163
Few can be induced to labor exclusively for posterity. Posterity has done nothing for us. Abraham Lincoln Generations 160
Truth is generally the best vindication against slander. Abraham Lincoln Truth 153
I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for the day. Abraham Lincoln Choice 149
A child is a person who is going to carry on what you have started ... the fate of humanity is in his hands. Abraham Lincoln Children 148
Writing the art of communicating thoughts to the mind through the eye is the great invention of the world...enabling us to converse with the dead the absent and the unborn at all distances of time and space. Abraham Lincoln Communication 142
What has once happened, will invariably happen again, when the same circumstances which combined to produce it, shall again combine in the same way. Abraham Lincoln 141
Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality. Abraham Lincoln Ability 141
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth. Abraham Lincoln Government 137
God must love the common man, he made so many of them. Abraham Lincoln Humanity 134
A man watches his pear tree day after day, impatient for the ripening of the fruit. Let him attempt to force the process, and he may spoil both fruit and tree. But let him patiently wait, and the ripe fruit at length falls into his lap. Abraham Lincoln Life 133
Towering genius disdains a beaten path. Abraham Lincoln Genius 129
Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing. Abraham Lincoln Character 129
I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts. Abraham Lincoln Truth 128
My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth. Abraham Lincoln dreams 125
A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have. Abraham Lincoln friend 123
But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. Abraham Lincoln Military 118
If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one? Abraham Lincoln Thoughts 116
My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. Abraham Lincoln Labor 115

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