Known widely as a dandy orator , Abraham Lincoln enjoin ( and wrote ) many inspiring things during his life and presidency . From the “ House Divided ” speech to his lesser - known letter of the alphabet and piece of writing , there are plenty of motivational phrases to be found . However , in the decades and one C following his death , many quotes have been incorrectly attributed and disseminated in various publications , with the cyberspace spurring it all on . gear up to be disappointed : Here are nine quotes you thought were by Honest Abe , but actually are n’t .
1. “Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
2. “Whatever you are, be a good one.”
First attributed to Lincoln about 80 year follow his death in a collection of inspiring quotation , credit forthis quoteshould actually go elsewhere . Laurence Hutton wrote a memoir in 1897 in which he described adjoin William Makepeace Thackeray , during which get together Thackeray is quoted as saying , “ Whatever you are , seek to be a good one . ” The accuracy of even that attribution , however , depends on the accuracy of Hutton ’s computer storage while write his memoir .
3. “Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.”
This quoteis often attributed to Winston Churchill as well as Lincoln , but was first find in a 1953 Holy Writ on public speech production , where it was n’t credited at all . Similarly give voice quotes ( “ In short they go from failure to loser , but always on the up - grade ” ) were feel in article as early as 1913 , but by the eighties it was wrongly being ascribed to Churchill . In 2001 , a newspaper in New Orleans ascribe it to Lincoln , the first association of his name with the quote .
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4. “Great things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.”
Despite many references on the net to Lincoln sayingthis citation , there is no evidence to support it . WithinThe Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln , he says the musical phrase “ things may ” only three times , and never say “ things may do , ” “ things go away , ” or the Holy Scripture “ hustle . ” Furthermore , in Lincoln ’s era , “ hustle ” mean to get something rather than to put in an energetic effort .
5. “You can’t fool all the people all the time.”
While first used by politicians in comparatively the same epoch as Abraham Lincoln , no grounds exists that suggest Lincoln saidthis quotehimself . Its earliest use was in French in 1684 inTraité de la Vérité de la Religion Chrétienne , a work of apologetics by Jacques Abbadie , a French Protestant Church . The quote was n’t attributed to Lincoln until 1886 in an clause in theSpringfield Globe - Republic , and was widely disseminated after that .
6. “Here I stand—warts and all.”
George H.W. Bush attributedthis quoteto Abraham Lincoln in 1988 . In reality , it was a mash - up of two other famed mass ’s phrases : “ Here I brook , ” part of Martin Luther ’s pop phrase , “ Here I stand . I can do no other , ” and , “ warts and all , ” attributed to Oliver Cromwell who is said to have said something to that gist to a painter when commissioning a portrayal .
7. “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.”
There is a biblical adage that is standardized to this musical phrase , Proverbs 17:28 :
" Even a tomfool is thought wise if he keep on silent , and recognise if he holds his knife . "
In 1931,this quotewas assign to Lincoln inThe Yale Book of Quotations , which turned out to be the first ( and very later ) instance where it appear as credited to the president . The quote is also wide attributed to Mark Twain , though there is fiddling evidence of this , either . In fact , in the 2001 Ken Burns infotainment on the author , a fellow traveller book was released in which this idiom was heel in a section titled “ What Twain Did n’t Say . ” A standardised citation was include in 1907 inMrs . Goose , Her Book , by Maurice Switzer , so he is usually credited with coin the musical phrase .
8. “You can’t build a little guy up by tearing a big guy down.”
Most recently misquote by Ohio Gov. John Kasich , this quotewas in the beginning written by Rev. William J. H. Boetcker , who was release in a pamphlet alongside Lincoln reference in 1916 , and the quotation was at sea as one of Lincoln ’s locution .
9. “You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they can and should do for themselves.”
Like the quote about the unfitness to build someone up by work someone else down , this quoteshould also be attributed to Rev. Boetcker , thanks to that same pamphlet mix-up .
