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.
More Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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All I have learned, I learned from books.
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You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry.
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You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.
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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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Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.
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It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.
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If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.
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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
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We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.
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I care not for a man’s religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.
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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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Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.
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You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
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The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation is the philosophy of government in the next.
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It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
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