1. “With malice toward none, with charity for all, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds.”

2. “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”

3. “A house divided against itself cannot stand.”

4. “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”

5. “I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.”

6. “Whatever you are, be a good one.”

7. “The best way to predict your future is to create it.”

8. “Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”

9. “I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.”

10. “My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.”

11. “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.”

12. “Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.”

13. “It is not the years in your life that count, it’s the life in your years.”

14. “I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.”