Abraham Lincoln Quotes

Leaders get out in front and stay there by raising the standards by which they judge themselves - and by which they are willing to be judged.

I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk.

Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.

I want to be able, as days go by, always to look myself straight in the eye.

Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor.

For good or ill, I'm a person of leadership. I do my best. I don't dodge responsibility.

Judge me on what I do and I think you will be pleased and proud of me.

I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end, when I come to lay down the reins of power, I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me.

I'm not ashamed of anything I've done, because if I feel ashamed, I'm not going to do it in the first place.

I have learned that as long as I hold fast to my beliefs and values - and follow my own moral compass - then the only expectations I need to live up to are my own.

Make sure you have that conviction to do what you know is right, and once you have it, don't let skeptics distract you from your path.

I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!

Self-respect cannot be hunted. It cannot be purchased. It is never for sale. It cannot be fabricated out of public relations. It comes to us when we are alone, in quiet moments, in quiet places, when we suddenly realize that, knowing the good, we have done it; knowing the beautiful, we have served it; knowing the truth we have spoken it

Be your own worst critic. When things go wrong it's tempting to shift the blame. Don't. Accept responsibility. People will appreciate it, and you will find out what you're capable of.

I have never felt that anything really mattered but knowing that you stood for the things in which you believed and had done the very best you could.

Be strong. Don't be a follower. Always do the right thing.

If I have made a mistake in the design, then I'm the one who should pay for it. I certainly would not ask somebody else to fly a plane if I were afraid to do it myself.

I'm not going to be bullied or pushed around by the group of the day. You've got to have political courage. You've got to have your own inner beliefs.

I'm the kinda person, you gotta fight for everything you get. You gotta believe in yourself.

Just stay true to yourself and true to wut you believe.

The leader who exercises power with honor will work from the inside out, starting with himself.

Don't compromise even if it hurts to be yourself.

Ali's belief in himself was something I picked up on, and it's become my own philosophy.

What matters to us, the judgment of men? What have we to doubt, since we are pure before life?

Humanity may endure the loss of everything; all its possessions may be turned away without infringing its true dignity - all but the possibility of improvement.