Quotes about Character
I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end, when I come to lay down the reins of power, I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside me.
— Abraham Lincoln
Resolve to be honest at all events; and if in your own judgment you cannot be an honest lawyer, resolve to be honest without being a lawyer
— Abraham Lincoln
If you want to test a man's character, give him power.
— Abraham Lincoln
If I do good, I feel good...If I do bad, I feel bad
— Abraham Lincoln
Gold is good in its place, but living, brave, patriotic men are better than gold.
— Abraham Lincoln
No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
— Abraham Lincoln
All I can do is the best I can do. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me won't amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, then ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.
— Abraham Lincoln
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
— Abraham Lincoln
Menschen, die keine Laster haben, haben auch nur wenige Tugenden.
— Abraham Lincoln
A man is known by the company he keeps.
— Aesop
No gratitude from the wicked.
— Aesop
If leaders exploit public fears to herd people in directions they might not otherwise choose, then fear itself can quickly become a self-perpetuating and freewheeling force that drains national will and weakens national character, diverting attention from real threats deserving of healthy and appropriate fear and sowing confusion about the essential choices that every nation must constantly make about its future.
— Al Gore