Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
ABRAHAM LINCOLNYou cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.
More Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
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Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
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When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
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When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That’s my religion.
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The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
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Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.
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When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say.
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I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.
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No man is poor who has a Godly mother.
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The best way to predict your future is to create it.
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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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I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.
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If any man tells you he loves America, yet hates labor, he is a liar. If any man tells you he trusts America, yet fears labor, he is a fool.
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I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
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The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.
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