Abraham Lincoln Character Quotes

Whatever you are, be a good one.

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Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.

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Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.

- Abraham Lincoln

The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.

- Abraham Lincoln

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

- Abraham Lincoln

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing

- Abraham Lincoln

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

- Abraham Lincoln

Democracy is government of, by and for the people

- Abraham Lincoln

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.

- Abraham Lincoln

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

- Abraham Lincoln

Every man's happiness is his own responsibility.

- Abraham Lincoln

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.

- Abraham Lincoln

The greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.

- Martha Washington

If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I seek the truth, by which no one was ever truly harmed. It is the person who continues in his self-deception and ignorance who is harmed.

- Marcus Aurelius

Character is higher than intellect… A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Don't become the most successful person that nobody likes.

- Mel Robbins

When someone betrays you, it is a reflection of their character, not yours.

- Anonymous

What you are will show in what you do

- Thomas Edison

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.

- George Bernard Shaw

The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.

- Charles Darwin

Common sense is something that everyone needs, few have, and none think they lack.

- Benjamin Franklin