Abraham Lincoln Quote – “I am very little inclined on any occasion…”

I am very little inclined on any occasion to say anything unless I hope to produce some good by it. Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865)

Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865), Living Book, The Seeker

Abraham Lincoln Quote – “Do I not destroy my enemies…”

Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends? Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865)

Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865), Living Book, The Seeker

Abraham Lincoln Quote – “I have been driven many times to my knees…”

I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for the day. Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865)

Life is so generous a giver. But we, judging its gifts by their covering, cast them away as ugly or heavy or hard. Remove the covering, and you will find beneath it a living splendor, woven of love by wisdom, with power. Welcome it, grasp it, and you touch the angel’s hand that brings it to you. Everything we call a trial, a sorrow or a duty, believe me, that angel’s hand is there. The gift is there and the wonder of an overshadowing presence. Your joys, too, be not content with them as joys. They, too, conceal diviner gifts. Life is so full of meaning and purpose, so full of beauty beneath its covering, that you will find earth but cloaks your heaven. Courage then to claim it; that is all! But courage you have, and the knowledge that we are pilgrims together, winding through unknown country home.

Giovanni Giocondo (circa 1433 – 1515)

Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865)

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