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Me Quotes

Quotes rooted in the first person.

These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.

Whatever woman may cast her lot with mine, should any ever do so, it is my intention to do all in my power to make her happy and contented; and there is nothing I can imagine that would make me...

Abraham Lincoln

Standing as I do, with my hand upon this staff, and under the folds of the American flag, I ask you to stand by me so long as I stand by it.

Abraham Lincoln

If ever I feel the soul within me elevate and expand to those dimensions not wholly unworthy of its Almighty Architect, it is when I contemplate the cause of my country, deserted by all the world beside, and I standing...

Abraham Lincoln

With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.

Abraham Lincoln

I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known.

Abraham Lincoln

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

Abraham Lincoln

A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.

Abraham Lincoln

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.

Abraham Lincoln

The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.

Abraham Lincoln

If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business.

Abraham Lincoln

I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end... 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.

Abraham Lincoln

If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.

Abraham Lincoln

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

Abraham Lincoln

This only grant me, that my means may lie too low for envy, for contempt too high.

Quotes by Abraham Cowley

It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?

Quotes by Abraham Joshua Heschel

There is always going to be a little bit of me in each character.

Quotes by Abraham Benrubi

God, for example, appealed to me as a beardless man wearing a quilted silk cap; holiness was something burning, forbidding, something connected with fire while a day had the form of an oblong box.

Quotes by Abraham Cahan

'Halo' I wrote with my grandpa in his nursing home. When I went to visit him, he'd often comment on my halo. But of course, I couldn't see. And he always - he had pictures of Jesus with these beautiful...

Quotes by Abigail Washburn

I feel like the one insight that's extremely comforting to me about the world is that we all share the same pool of emotion that we draw from.

My father was a factory worker, and we were really poor. But everything I earned peddling papers and working in stores, he made me put aside for education.

Quotes by Abraham A. Ribicoff

Frequently Asked Questions

What sort of quotes will I find on the "Me" page?
These are quotes where the speaker is talking directly about their own life and habits — remembering a grandfather's copy of 'A Christmas Carol' that sparked a piece of writing, describing intellectual work as "essentially a lonely process," or admitting that comedy can be a defense mechanism. They're personal snapshots rather than general statements.
Are these quotes about confidence or vulnerability?
A bit of both. The line about comedy being "a weapon so that you can't hurt me" is a good example — it shows someone being honest about vulnerability while still sounding self-assured. For more of that same reflective tone, the I Am page is worth a look.
Can I share "Me" quotes even if they're not about me specifically?
Definitely. Even though these are first-person reflections, most people relate to the underlying feeling — nostalgia over an old book, needing solitude to focus, or hiding behind humor. Share whichever line matches how you're feeling today.
How is "Me" different from <a href="/life-quotes">Life</a> quotes?
Life quotes tend to comment on the world more broadly, while the quotes here stay rooted in one person's specific memories and habits — a grandfather's book, a private writing process, a particular way of working. It's a narrower, more personal lens.
What if I'm looking for something closer to everyday thoughts rather than deep reflection?
Then you might prefer Like quotes or Good quotes, which lean a little lighter. The "Me" collection is more suited to quiet, reflective moments.

Others touch on early body-image pressures absorbed from family members, showing the personal cost of comparison at a young age. See also I Am Quotes and Like Quotes for related first-person perspectives.