The Character which a youth acquires in the early part of his Life is of great importance towards his future prosperity-one false step may prove irretrievable to his future usefulness.
ABIGAIL ADAMSWhen a mind is raised, and animated by scenes that engage the heart, then those qualities which would otherwise lay dormant
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world.
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Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians, friends, lovers and husbands.
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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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When he is wounded, I bleed. {page 262 of John Adams}
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These are the times when a genius wants to live.
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But I dare say you have not been so inattentive an observer, as to suppose that Sweet peace, and contentment, cannot inhabit the lowly roof
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A patriot without religion in my estimation is as great a paradox as an honest Man without the fear of God.
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Heaven grant me that I may thus rejoice in my children, thus see them ornaments to their Country, and blessings to their parents.
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May justice and righteousness be the stability of our times, and order arise out of confusion. Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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What is the history of mighty kingdoms and nations, but a detail of the ravages and cruelties of the powerful over the weak?
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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I feel anxious for the fate of our monarchy, or democracy, or whatever is to take place. I soon get lost in a labyrinth of perplexities; but, whatever occurs
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Its never to late to get back on your feet though we wont live forever make sure you accomplish what you were put here for
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No one is without their difficulties, whether in High, or low Life, & every person knows best where their own shoe pinches.
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The world perhaps would laugh at me, and accuse me of vanity, but you I know have a mind too enlarged and liberal to disregard the Sentiment.
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