Top Best Abraham Lincoln Quotes

   

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the united states, guided his country through the most devastating experience in its national history. He is considering many historians to have been the greatest American president.
Abraham Lincoln was born on Feb. 12, 1809, in a log cabin in Hardin. His belief was simple " As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy". He is known as the "Great Emancipator" because he freed the slaves.

Here are some of the quotes about freedom, leadership, and democracy Abraham Lincoln. 

"Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and under a just God, can not long retain it." -Abraham Lincoln

"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing."  -Abraham Lincoln

"I have noticed that folks are generally about as happy as they make up their minds to be."  -Abraham Lincoln

"That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise."  -Abraham Lincoln

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." -Abraham Lincoln

"Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." -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 brought a flower would grow." -Abraham Lincoln

"If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance." -Abraham Lincoln

"The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him." -Abraham Lincoln

"My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure." -Abraham Lincoln

"My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few virtues." -Abraham Lincoln

"common-looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them." -Abraham Lincoln

"How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg does not make it a leg." -Abraham Lincoln

"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that counts. It's the life in your years." -Abraham Lincoln

"Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way." -Abraham Lincoln

"The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time." -Abraham Lincoln

"I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday." -Abraham Lincoln

"When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That is my religion." -Abraham Lincoln

"You can not escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today." -Abraham Lincoln
"Whatever you are to be a good one." -Abraham Lincoln

"I don't like the man. I must get to know him better." -Abraham Lincoln

"I am a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I did not have the heart to let him down." -Abraham Lincoln

"If I am killed, I can die but once; but to live in constant dread of it, is to die over and over again." -Abraham Lincoln

"Important principles may, and must, be inflexible." -Abraham Lincoln

"You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you can not fool all the people all the time." -Abraham Lincoln

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt." -Abraham Lincoln

"No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar." -Abraham Lincoln

"Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong." -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 things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I do not read." -Abraham Lincoln

"If you think you can slander a woman into loving you, or a man into voting for you, try it till you are satisfied." -Abraham Lincoln

"I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and each every day." -Abraham Lincoln

"Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his are not very new at all." -Abraham Lincoln

"I was born and have ever remained in the most humble walks of all." -Abraham Lincoln

"adhere to your purpose and you will soon feel as well as you ever did." -Abraham Lincoln

"Do good to those who hate you and turn their ill will to friendship." -Abraham Lincoln

"I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice." -Abraham Lincoln

"Any nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure." -Abraham Lincoln

"If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?" -Abraham Lincoln

"If the great American people will only keep their temper, on both sides of the line, the troubles will come to an end." -Abraham Lincoln

"I walk slowly, but I never walk backward." -Abraham Lincoln

"The people will save their government if the government itself will allow them." -Abraham Lincoln

"The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly." -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

"be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm." -Abraham Lincoln

"The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next." -Abraham Lincoln

"I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him." -Abraham Lincoln

"There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of time." -Abraham Lincoln

"If this is coffee, please bring me some tea, but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee." -Abraham Lincoln

"My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth." -Abraham Lincoln