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Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln, born on February 12, 1809, in a log cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky, rose from humble beginnings to become the 16th President of the United States and one of the most revered figures in American history. Lincoln led the nation through its most challenging period, the Civil War, preserving the Union and setting the stage for the abolition of slavery. His leadership, characterized by a deep sense of justice, empathy, and unwavering commitment to equality, culminated in the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared the freedom of slaves in Confederate states.

Lincoln’s eloquence and wisdom are immortalized in the speeches like the Gettysburg Address, where he reaffirmed the principles of liberty and democracy.

 Despite facing immense personal and political challenges, including severe criticism and the burden of a divided nation, Lincoln remained steadfast in his vision of a united and free America. Tragically, his life was cut short when he was assassinated on April 14, 1865, just days after the end of the Civil War.

Lincoln’s legacy endures as a symbol of resilience, moral courage, and the enduring fight for human rights. His contributions to the American ideals of freedom and equality have left an indelible mark on the nation and continue to inspire people around the world.  Some of his famous quotes are as following:

  • “Whatever you are, be a good one.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That’s my religion.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “The better part of one’s life consists of his friendships.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “I will prepare and someday my chance will come.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “I do the very best I know how – the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “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.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “Leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done today.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “Every man’s happiness is his own responsibility.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren’t very new after all.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “Don’t worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “No man is poor who has a Godly mother.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “You cannot build character and courage by taking away people’s initiative and independence.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “I don’t know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “Do good to those who hate you and turn their ill will to friendship.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “I am not concerned that you have fallen, I am concerned that you arise.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and, to the young, it comes with bitterest agony, because it takes them unawares.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “If you look for the bad in people expecting to find it, you surely will.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “I can make more generals, but horses cost money.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “Whatever you are, be a good one.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “The better part of one’s life consists of his friendships.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “Tact: the ability to describe others as they see themselves.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “Whatever you are, be a good one.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.” — Abraham Lincoln

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