“Perfect relief is not possible, except with time. You can not now realize that you will ever feel better.”

— Abraham Lincoln, Letter to Fanny McCullough (23 December 1862)

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.”

“One often calms one's grief by recounting it.”

“Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”

“No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.”

“After great pain, a formal feeling comes.”

“Oh, well has it been said, that there is no grief like the grief which does not speak!”

“Grieving is a sign of spiritual health.”