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

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

Topics: Being A Man Quotes

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

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

The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.

The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.

Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.

Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.

I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt...

I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt...

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...

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...

The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.

The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

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...

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening...

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening...

In times like these men should utter nothing for which they would not be willingly...

In times like these men should utter nothing for which they would not be willingly...

And in the end, its not the years in your life that count. Its the...

And in the end, its not the years in your life that count. Its the...

If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on...

If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on...

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

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

The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is...

The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is...

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...

We naturally associate democracy, to be sure, with freedom of action, but freedom of action...

We naturally associate democracy, to be sure, with freedom of action, but freedom of action...

We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it...

We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it...

Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief. Do justly, now. Love...

Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief. Do justly, now. Love...