Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams
Abigail Adamswas the wife of John Adams and the mother of John Quincy Adams. She is now designated the first Second Lady and second First Lady of the United States, although these titles were not in use at the time...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitical Wife
Date of Birth11 November 1744
CityWeymouth, MA
CountryUnited States of America
hate shoes complaining
I hate to complain...No one is without difficulties, whether in high or low life, and every person knows best where their own shoe pinches.
wisdom power men
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.'
perseverance 4th-of-july may
Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
wedding husband women
Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
family country children
Heaven grant me that I may thus rejoice in my children, thus see them ornaments to their Country, and blessings to their parents.
family wise children
What 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.
women memorable equality
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.
character may steps
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.
retirement lessons leisure
Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.
men few-words duty
To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.
hero mean should-have
If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women. The 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. If much depends as is allowed upon the early Education of youth and the first principals which are instill'd take the deepest root, great benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in women.
feet forever late
Its never to late to get back on your feet though we wont live forever make sure you accomplish what you were put here for
life believe men
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.
hero heart character
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. The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues. When a mind is raised, and animated by scenes that engage the heart, then those qualities which would otherwise lay dormant, wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.