Life Quotes Quote by Abraham Lincoln — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.”

“Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.”

“I don't like to hear cut and dried sermons. No—when I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.”

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

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

“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”

“But the only way never to do the wrong thing is never to do anything.”

““...In books there's always somebody standing by ready to say”

“Life is a series of surprises and would not be worth taking or keeping if it were not.”

“Life is such a glorious trauma, is it not?”

“How nice -- to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive.”

“Life is a process. We are a process. The universe is a process.”