Lincoln grew immeasurably as he came to think of himself as an “instrument of God’s will.

Man’s glory lies not, Lincoln thought, in ‘his goodness,’ for this is often nonexistent. He derives glory, instead, from his being made in the image of the Living God.

When Lincoln was asked if God was on the Union’s side, Lincoln’s unvarying response was that what was really important was whether they were on God’s side.

In the South, there was absence of any leadership corresponding in breadth and courage to that of Abraham Lincoln.

Women are the only people I am afraid of who I never thought would hurt me

If I have to be typecast, I'd like it to be as Abraham Lincoln.