If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.

I have always believed that a good laugh was good for both the mental and physical digestion.

The only person who is a worse liar than a faith healer is his patient.

The loss of enemies does not compensate for the loss of friends.

It is better then, to save the work while it is begun. You have done the labor; maintain it - keep it. If men choose to serve you, go with them; but as you have made up your organization upon principle, stand by it; for as surely as God reigns over you, and has inspired your mind, and given you a sense of propriety, and continues to give you hope, so surely will you still cling to these ideas, and you will at last come back after your wanderings, merely to do your work over again.

I sincerely wish war was a pleasanter and easier business than it is, but it does not admit of holidays.

When I left Springfield [to become President] I asked the people to pray for me. I was not a Christian. When I buried my son, the severest trial of my life, I was not a Christian. But when I went to Gettysburg and saw the graves of thousands of our soldiers, I then and there consecrated myself to Christ.