Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing.
ABRAHAM LINCOLNNearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
More Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.
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No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.
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Nothing will divert me from my purpose.
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It’s not me who can’t keep a secret. It’s the people I tell that can’t.
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A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.
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My Best Friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.
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My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.
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No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent.
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I don’t know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
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We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.
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I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.
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The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
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I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.
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You can’t make a weak man strong by making a strong man weak.
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I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.
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