Posterity who are to reap the blessings will scarcely be able to conceive the hardships and sufferings of their ancestors.
ABIGAIL ADAMSPosterity who are to reap the blessings will scarcely be able to conceive the hardships and sufferings of their ancestors.
ABIGAIL ADAMSGreat difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
ABIGAIL ADAMSMy bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
ABIGAIL ADAMSWhat is it that affectionate parents require of their Children; for all their care, anxiety, and toil on their accounts? Only that they would be wise and virtuous, Benevolent and kind.
ABIGAIL ADAMSDo not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.
ABIGAIL ADAMSThe habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
ABIGAIL ADAMSThe 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.
ABIGAIL ADAMSWhat is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
ABIGAIL ADAMSRemember all Men would be tyrants if they could.
ABIGAIL ADAMSMen of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex.
ABIGAIL ADAMSDo not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
ABIGAIL ADAMSHow 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!
ABIGAIL ADAMSHeaven grant me that I may thus rejoice in my children, thus see them ornaments to their Country, and blessings to their parents.
ABIGAIL ADAMSIf much depends as is allowed upon the early Education of youth and the first principals which are instill’d take the deepest root
ABIGAIL ADAMSI desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.
ABIGAIL ADAMSMy Dear Son… remember that you are accountable to your Maker for all your words and actions.
ABIGAIL ADAMS