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

If you have no will to change it, you have no right to criticize it

If you have no will to change it, you have no right to criticize it

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...

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor,...

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor,...

Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.

Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.

It is my ambition and desire to so administer the affairs of the government while...

It is my ambition and desire to so administer the affairs of the government while...

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few...

My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few...

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.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

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,...

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the...

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the...

The love of property and consciousness of right and wrong have conflicting places in our...

The love of property and consciousness of right and wrong have conflicting places in our...

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first...

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first...

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance...

It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance...

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part...

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part...

What can be said, should never be written

What can be said, should never be written

The Framers [of the Constitution] knew that free speech is the friend of change and...

The Framers [of the Constitution] knew that free speech is the friend of change and...