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.

— Abigail Adams

It's never too late to get back on your feet though we won't live forever make sure you accomplish what you were put here for

— 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

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

— Abigail Adams

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

— Abigail Adams

My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.

— Abigail Adams

...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.

— Abigail Adams

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

— Abigail Adams

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

— Abigail Adams

The natural tenderness and delicacy of our constitution, added to the many dangers we are subject to from your sex, renders it almost impossible for a single lady to travel without injury to her character. And those who have a protector in a husband have, generally speaking, obstacles to prevent their roving.

— Abigail Adams