Abigail Adams Quotes
Born: November 22, 1744
Abigail Adams, a luminous voice of early American wisdom, emerges as a timeless guide for mindfulness and peace. As the wife of President John Adams and mother of John Quincy Adams, she wielded her pen with profound grace, advocating for balance, inner strength, and compassionate resolve amidst political turmoil. Her letters reveal a philosophy rooted in gentle resilience—urging harmony between the mind and heart, and embracing stillness as a source of clarity. Adams believed true peace begins within, then radiates outward, shaping a just world. Her quotes resonate today because they speak to the quiet courage of self-reflection, offering solace and a path toward tranquility in chaotic times.
Abigail Adams Quotes (16)
"Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence."
— Abigail Adams"If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?"
— Abigail Adams"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."
— Abigail Adams"We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them."
— Abigail Adams"Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues."
— Abigail Adams"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."
— Abigail Adams"Great necessities call out great virtues."
— Abigail Adams"If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women."
— Abigail Adams"I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries, 'Give, give.'"
— Abigail Adams"Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could."
— Abigail Adams"I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe."
— Abigail Adams"Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since."
— Abigail Adams"Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken."
— Abigail Adams"A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world."
— Abigail Adams"Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence."
— Abigail Adams"Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could."
— Abigail Adams