Abraham Lincoln's Birthday: 10 Quotes By The 16th President To Share On This Occasion

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was born on Feb. 12, 1809, in Hodgenville, Kentucky. This year marks his 213th birthday.

Lincoln was often remembered as the president who abolished slavery, led the country through the civil war and changed its history forever. Before getting into politics, Lincoln worked as a shopkeeper, surveyor and postmaster. At the age of 25, he won a seat in the Illinois Legislature. While serving in the legislature, he also worked as a lawyer. In 1845, he ran for Congress and served as a congressman for a term.

In 1860, he ran for president and won the election. He took office in March 1861. Lincoln was assassinated on April 15, 1865, by John Wilkes Booth who shot him at the Ford’s Theatre in Washington D.C.

On his 213th birthday, here are 10 quotes – courtesy Good Reads – to celebrate one of the most popular presidents:

1. "Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”

2. "America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”

3. “My best friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.”

4. “Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren’t very new after all.”

5. “Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.”

6. “Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.”

7. "There are no bad pictures; that’s just how your face looks sometimes."

8. "If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?"

9. "I would rather be a little nobody, then to be an evil somebody."

10. "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time."