Quote by Abraham Lincoln
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a mans

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

Other quotes by Abraham Lincoln

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time. – Abraham Lincoln

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When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, its best to let him run. – Abraham Lincoln

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The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person. – Abraham Lincoln

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If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I dont want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all. – David Livingstone

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He is every other inch a gentleman. – Rebecca West

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Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread. – Richard Wright

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Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened. – Winston Churchill

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This evening I wish to suggest that we Christians should accompany people on their pilgrimages. Specifically we should travel with people as they search for the good, the true and the beautiful. – Timothy Radcliffe

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In art, scandal is a false narrative, a smoke screen that camouflages rather than reveals. When we dont know what were seeing, we overreact. – Jerry Saltz

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