Thanks, well at least I had almost the right era. One of the things Lincoln said that I have always enjoyed was "your about as happy as you make up your mind your going to be" - might not have that exactly right.
There are a lot of amazing quotes attributed to Lincoln. Here are a few more:
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."
"Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all."
"I can make more generals, but horses cost money."
"I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends."
"Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration."
"No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar."
"What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself."
"You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time."