More Quotes by Abraham Lincoln
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
It is a sin to be silent when it is your duty to protest.
I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country... corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed.
The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.
How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.
Great men are ordinary men with extra ordinary determination.
Kindness is the only service that will stand the storm of life and not wash out.
If you have never failed you have never lived.
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.