Abigail Adams Quotes

The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties.

It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed.... Great necessities call out great virtues.

Great necessities call forth great leaders.

Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember, all men would be tyrants if they could.

Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.

...remember the ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. 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.

I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.

I begin to think, that calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.

Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians, friends, lovers and husbands.

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.