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

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

Topics: Life Quotes, Wisdom Quotes

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's...

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's...

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is...

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is...

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

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.

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

Some day I shall be President.

Some day I shall be President.

Die when I may, I want it said by those who knew me best that...

Die when I may, I want it said by those who knew me best that...

Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.

Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.

Were it not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this...

Were it not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this...

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can ... As a peace-maker the...

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can ... As a peace-maker the...

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition

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...

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform...

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform...

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to...

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to...