All Quotes By Tag: Abraham-lincoln

“That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.”

“The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian dogma.”

“When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That’s my religion.”

“Man’s glory lies not, Lincoln thought, in ‘his goodness,’ for this is often nonexistent. He derives glory, instead, from his being made in the image of the Living God.”

“Lincoln grew immeasurably as he came to think of himself as an “instrument of God’s will.”

“When Lincoln was asked if God was on the Union’s side, Lincoln’s unvarying response was that what was really important was whether they were on God’s side.”

“I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.”