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

I fear you do not fully comprehend the danger of abridging the liberties of the...

I fear you do not fully comprehend the danger of abridging the liberties of the...

The family unit plays a critical role in our society and in the training of...

The family unit plays a critical role in our society and in the training of...

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.

I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.

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...

Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation,...

Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation,...

The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's for which the sheep thanks the shepherd...

The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's for which the sheep thanks the shepherd...

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...

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do...

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do...

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

As an individual who undertakes to live by borrowing, soon finds his original means devoured...

As an individual who undertakes to live by borrowing, soon finds his original means devoured...

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...

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...

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new...

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new...

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

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

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...

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

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

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.