Abraham Lincoln Quotes About Adversity

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

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Leadership, Wisdom

• Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Success, Money, Attitude

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.87, Wildside Press LLC

• The money power preys on the nation in times of peace, and conspires against it in times of adversity. It is more despotic than monarchy, more insolent than autocracy, more selfish than bureaucracy. It denounces, as public enemies, all who question its methods or throw light upon its crimes.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Money, Selfish, Adversity

• Without the assistance of that Divine Being...I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Adversity, Succeed, Failing

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.190, Wildside Press LLC

• The surest way to reveal one's character is not through adversity but by giving them power.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Character, Adversity, Giving

• Adversity does not make us frail; it only shows us how frail we are.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Adversity, Doe, Frail

• Money powers prey upon the nation in times of peace & conspire against it in times of adversity.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Adversity, Bankers, Money Power

You May Also Like:

George Washington

John F. Kennedy

John Wilkes Booth

Theodore Roosevelt

Thomas Jefferson

Mary Todd Lincoln

Barack Obama