Famous Quotes

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."

Abraham Lincoln on Power

More quotes about Power

• "Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't."

  Margaret Thatcher on Power

• "Knowledge will give you power, but character respect."

  Bruce Lee on Power

• "All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth."

  Friedrich Nietzsche on Power

• "Character is power."

  Booker T. Washington on Power

• "I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be."

  Thomas Jefferson on Power

More quotes by Abraham Lincoln

• "The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person."

• "I do the very best I know how - the very best I can and I mean to keep on doing so until the end."

• "The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time."

• "The things I want to know are in books my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read."

• "My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth."