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Abigail Adams - From the Activity category:
- b.1744 d.1818...
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)
Abigail Adams - From the Complaining category:
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. (Abigail Adams)
Abigail Adams - From the Difficulty category:
It is not in the still calm of life, or in the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed... the habits of a vigorous mind are formed contending with difficulties. (Abigail Adams)
Abigail Adams - From the Education category:
Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence. (Abigail Adams)
Abigail Adams - From the Gender category:
- b.1744 d.1818...
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)
Abigail Adams - From the Genius category:
- b.1744 d.1818...
These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or in the repose of a pacific station that great characters are formed... Great necessities call out great virtues. (Abigail Adams)
Abigail Adams - From the Goodness category:
To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words. (Abigail Adams)
Abigail Adams - From the Intellect category:
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)
Abigail Adams - From the Words category:
We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them. (Abigail Adams)
Abigail Adams - From the Writing category:
My bursting heart must find vent at my pen. (Abigail Adams)
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