Who better to take quotes from than Abraham Lincoln himself, one of the greatest Americans who ever lived. Check out these quotes:

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.

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

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren’t very new at all.

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Die when I may, I want it said by those who knew me best that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

Don’t worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.

Everybody likes a compliment.

Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old.

In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.

Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.

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

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.

All I am, or can be, I owe to my angel mother.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.

Great president and a great human being.