Abraham Lincoln was born on 12th  February  1809, and became the 16th President of the United States on March the 4th 1861 at the age of 52, he died on April the 15th 1865 at the age of 56.Abraham Lincoln set an example of strong character, leadership, and honesty which succeeding presidents tried to emulate. Barack Obama is the latest to look to Lincoln as a model.

Abraham Lincoln’s quotes are among the most famous quotes in the world. Some of them are listed below.

• ” It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt”

•     “People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.

• “Whatever you are, be a good one.”

•   “And in the end it is not the years in your life that count, it’s the life in your years.”

•    “Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.”

•  “If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend.”

•    “Let me not be understood as saying that there are no bad laws, nor that grievances may not arise for the redress of which no legal provisions have been made. I mean to say no such thing. But I do mean to say that although bad laws, if they exist, should be repealed as soon as possible, still, while they continue in force, for the sake of example they should be religiously observed.”

•  ”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.”

•    “I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.”

•    “Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing.”

•   “you can’t escape tomorrow’s responsibilities by evading it today”

•     “I know there is a God – and I see a storm coming; If He has a place for me, I believe that I am ready.”

•    “If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitutional right, it might in a moral point of view justify revolution; certainly would if such right were a vital one. But such is not our case.”

•   “As a nation, we began by declaring that ‘all men are created equal.’ We now practically read it ‘all men are created equal, except negroes.’ When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read ‘all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.’ When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”

•    “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.”

•   “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”

•   “When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. And that’s my religion.

•   “You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.”