President
Abraham Lincoln
Feb 12, 1809 - Apr 15, 1865
Abraham Lincoln was born on 12 February 1809 near Hodgenville, Kentucky. He was brought up in Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois. His parents were poor pioneers and Lincoln was largely self - educated.In 1836, he qualified as a lawyer and went to work in a law practice in Springfield, Illinois. In the presidential campaign, Lincoln made his opposition to slavery very clear. His vic...
I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.
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.
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.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe
Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
I will prepare and some day my chance will come
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar
Sir, 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.
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