Abraham Lincoln Quotes

If I don’t get elected? Great. The Republic will live on

You can put me in the basement or the penthouse; it doesn't matter to me.

I just want to be nominated; beggars can't be choosers.

Receive the gifts of fortune without pride, and part with them without reluctance.

If patience and gratitude had been she camels, it would have mattered little on which I rode.

Talent is God-given; be humble. Fame is man-given; be thankful. Conceit is self-given; be careful.

For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received.

I'm happy to be here. I'm happy to be anywhere. I'm not kidding.

I can't be smug, because I know that you can lose anything at any point. And I can't be angry, because I haven't lost it.

If it is, it is, If it's not, it's not.

Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.

It wouldn't kill me if I were never nominated or elected to anything.

For us, it is alright if the talks succeed, and it is alright if they fail.

I just think about how much worse something could be, and I'm like, 'Alright, cool, whatever.' I'm nonchalant.

I don't think about being a star or anything, or even changes in life; it is not something that bothers me.

I'm grateful to have the things that I have, and I've learnt not to take anything for granted.

I think there comes a time when you start dropping expectations. Because the world doesn't owe you anything, and you don't owe the world anything in return. Things, feelings, are a very simple transaction. If you get it, be grateful. If you don't, be alright with it.

The older I get the more laid back I am about whatever happens, happens.

My motto is never to hold on to anything. I accept and then let go: not just the negatives, but the praise, too. Or it'll get to my head.

I never changed anything, except my socks and my underwear. And I never did anything to glorify myself or improve my lot. I took what came and did the best I could with it.

Vex not thy spirit at the course of things; they heed not thy vexation. How ludicrous and outlandish is astonishment at anything that may happen in life.

I should not mind anything at all.

Let us be content to work To do the things we can, and not presume To fret because it's little.

Stay low, stay quiet, keep it simple, don't expect too much, enjoy what you have.

To want what I have, to take what I'm given with grace. For this I pray.