Abraham Lincoln Quotes About Leadership

We have collected for you the TOP of Abraham Lincoln's best quotes about Leadership! Here are collected all the quotes about Leadership starting from the birthday of the 16th U.S. President – February 12, 1809! We hope you will be inspired to new achievements with our constantly updated collection of quotes. At the moment, this page contains 14 sayings of Abraham Lincoln about Leadership. We will be happy if you share our collection of quotes with your friends on social networks!
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  • Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.

  • Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

    Martin D. Tullai, Abraham Lincoln (1998). “Speaking of Abraham Lincoln”
  • No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.

    Men  
  • A house divided against itself cannot stand.

    Speech at Republican state convention nominating him to run for U.S. senator, Springfield, Ill., 16 June 1858
  • Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

  • Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

  • What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

    Martin D. Tullai, Abraham Lincoln (1998). “Speaking of Abraham Lincoln”
  • Anybody will do for you, but not for me.

    Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman, James Ford Rhodes, John Esten Cooke (2017). “CIVIL WAR – Complete History of the War, Documents, Memoirs & Biographies of the Lead Commanders: Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant & William T. Sherman, Biographies of Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis & Robert E. Lee, The Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg Address, Presidential Orders & Actions”, p.148, Madison & Adams Press
  • A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

    Abraham Lincoln (1992). “The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln”, Plume
  • Be with a leader when he is right, stay with him when he is still right, but, leave him when he is wrong.

    Loyalty  
  • Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.

    Attributed in "Forbes", Volume 102, 1968.
  • When the conduct of men is designed to be influenced, persuasion, kind, unassuming persuasion, should ever be adopted. It is an old and a true maxim, that 'a drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall.'

    Men  
    Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.273, Wildside Press LLC
  • If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what's said against me won't amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.

    Abraham Lincoln (2008). “Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln(1832-1865) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)”, p.501, ReadHowYouWant.com
  • Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

    Gene Griessman, Abraham Lincoln (1998). “The Words Lincoln Lived By: 52 Timeless Principles to Light Your Path”, p.17, Simon and Schuster
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Abraham Lincoln

  • Born: February 12, 1809
  • Died: April 15, 1865
  • Occupation: 16th U.S. President