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

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

Topics: Adversity Quotes, Character Quotes, Life Quotes, Powex Quotes, Wisdom Quotes

And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the...

And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the...

The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.

The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.

Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.

Public opinion in this country is everything.

Public opinion in this country is everything.

It behooves us, then, to humble ourselves before the Offended power, to confess our national...

It behooves us, then, to humble ourselves before the Offended power, to confess our national...

Whatever spiteful fools may say, Each jealous ranting yelper, No woman ever went astray, Without...

Whatever spiteful fools may say, Each jealous ranting yelper, No woman ever went astray, Without...

I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this...

I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this...

Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest

Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he...

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he...

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it...

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it...

To stand in silence when they should be protesting makes cowards out of men.

To stand in silence when they should be protesting makes cowards out of men.

This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall...

This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall...

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God...

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God...

Politicians are a set of men who have interests aside from the interests of the...

Politicians are a set of men who have interests aside from the interests of the...

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

One out of four people in this country is mentally unbalanced. Think of your three...

One out of four people in this country is mentally unbalanced. Think of your three...

I follow my friends around their house, because i don't want to be left alone...

I follow my friends around their house, because i don't want to be left alone...