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

If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are...

If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are...

Beware of rashness, but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victories.

Beware of rashness, but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victories.

If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their...

If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their...

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...

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. I...

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. I...

I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the...

I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the...

I can make more generals, but horses cost money.

I can make more generals, but horses cost money.

A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he...

A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he...

These office-seekers are a curse to the country; no sooner was my election certain, than...

These office-seekers are a curse to the country; no sooner was my election certain, than...

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

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

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...

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

The power confided in me will be used to hold, occupy and possess the property...

The power confided in me will be used to hold, occupy and possess the property...

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to...

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to...

If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please...

If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please...

Military glory--that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood--that serpent's eye, that charms to...

Military glory--that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood--that serpent's eye, that charms to...

There are few things wholly evil or wholly good. Almost everything, especially of government policy,...

There are few things wholly evil or wholly good. Almost everything, especially of government policy,...

Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.

Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.

Before marriage a woman is pensive, after marriage, expensive

Before marriage a woman is pensive, after marriage, expensive

My wife has been my closest friend, my closest advisor. And...she's not somebody who looks...

My wife has been my closest friend, my closest advisor. And...she's not somebody who looks...