Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
ABRAHAM LINCOLNBe sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
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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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Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
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It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.
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Force is all conquering, but it’s victories are short lived.
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I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.
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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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You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry.
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Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.
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Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing.
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Let us have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.
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As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
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America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
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My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.
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Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality.
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You can’t make a weak man strong by making a strong man weak.
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