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 ADAMSTo be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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My Dear Son… remember that you are accountable to your Maker for all your words and actions.
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Is it possible that he whom no moral obligations bind, can have any real Good Will towards Men?
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If we expect to inherit the blessings of our Fathers, we should return a little more to their primitive Simplicity of Manners.
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Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.
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Every object is beautiful in motion; a ship under sail, trees gently agitated with the wind, and a fine woman dancing, are three instances in point
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These are the times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed.
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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
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Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons.
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These are the times when a genius wants to live.
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I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.
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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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Great benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in women.
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If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.
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How difficult the task to quench the fire and the pride of private ambition, and to sacrifice ourselves and all our hopes and expectations to the public weal!
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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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