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

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with...

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with...

I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me...

I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me...

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any...

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any...

I can not deny that all may be swept away. Broken by it, I, too,...

I can not deny that all may be swept away. Broken by it, I, too,...

What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new...

What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new...

I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.

I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.

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

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

When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my...

When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my...

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with...

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with...

When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and...

When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and...

A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not...

A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not...

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

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

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way...

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way...

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.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

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.