I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming convic…

Abraham Lincoln
789 citations
I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day. ✨ Abraham Lincoln, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (1950). The Lincoln treasury
Philosophy Time
17

More Author Quotes

He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.
Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worth … ▶
I am nothing, truth is everything. ✨ abraham lincoln (1910). ABRAHAM LINCOLN
And then, there will be some black men who can remember that, with silent tongue, and clenched teeth, and steady eye, and well-poised bayonnet, they have helped mankind on to this great consummation. … ▶
Relying, as I do, upon the Almighty Power, and encouraged as I am by these resolutions which you have just read, with the support which I receive from Christian men, I shall not hesitate to use all t … ▶

I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day. ✨ Abraham Lincoln, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (1950). The Lincoln treasury

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes