“Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time.”

— Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address (1861)

About Abraham Lincoln

1809 – 1865

Sixteenth President of the United States, who led the nation through the Civil War and issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

“The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.”

“Let them adopt the maxim, "Better luck next time"; and then, by renewed exertion, make that better luck for themselves.”

“Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital.”

“If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.”

“No thing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig.”

“Our patience will achieve more than our force.”

“Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.”

“The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it.”

“Where there is great power there is great responsibility.”