Lincoln has many shortcomings, but he never hides himself. When someone joked about his father being a shoemaker.
Lincoln smiled and said, "Yes, my father is a shoemaker, but I hope that I can govern the country as skilled and superb as my father makes shoes." Lincoln is good at expressing the most profound truths in the most popular language.
The most commonly quoted quote is: "You can fool some people at any time, or you can fool everyone sometimes, but you can't always fool everyone."
Lincoln's life is bumpy and has experienced setbacks, but he still looks at tomorrow optimistically.
Looking at Lincoln's life, his happy moments were far less than the time of grief and troubles, but he was still working tirelessly. Even his opponents admired him in this regard.
Stephen Douglas, a campaign opponent who defeated Lincoln twice, said when evaluating his old opponent:
"He is a powerful figure in his party, with extraordinary intelligence and rich experience; because of his ridiculous and joking appearance, he is the best campaign orator in the West."
General Robert Lee, commander-in-chief of the Southern Army, also said that Lincoln was the person he admired the most in his life, despite their different political views.
Lincoln's optimism and generosity prevented him from feeling inferior because of his humble background, but instead proved to the world with practical actions:
A shoemaker's child can also become the president of the United States through his own efforts.
His optimistic spirit also prevents him from giving up on himself because of the ups and downs of life. On the contrary, he constantly learns lessons from setbacks and becomes more mature and smart.
More importantly, Lincoln's optimistic personality made him develop a sense of humor from the heart. This is not only an important means of his self-balancing, but also a powerful weapon that he likes.
Lincoln is a model of optimistic personality. A sentence he often talks about is: "God must like civilians very much, otherwise he would not have created so many civilians."
