“I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.” Abraham Lincoln)

- Reported as an inscription quoting Lincoln in an English college in The Baptist Teacher for Sunday-school Workers : Vol. 36 (1905), pg. 483
Famed for his stance on morality, Lincoln here expounds on his views about being right and standing with those that are right.

“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed, is more important than any other one thing.” (Abraham Lincoln)

- Letter to Isham Reavis (5 November 1855)
Written in a letter by Lincoln to one Isham Reavis, who was engaged in the process of becoming a lawyer. The above quote was part of Lincoln’s response. Also notable in the same letter was, “If you are resolutely determined to make a lawyer of yourself, the thing is more than half done already. It is but a small matter whether you read with anyone or not.”

“The Almighty has His own purposes.” (Abraham Lincoln)

- Second Inaugural Address ( 1865)
Spoken in his 2nd inaugural address, Lincoln preceded this line with, “It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God’s assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men’s faces; but let us judge not that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered; that of neither has been answered fully.”