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Abigail Adams quotes about great

American First Lady December 22, 1744 – October 28, 1818

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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 contending with difficulties. All history will convince you of this, and that wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues. Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams quote: "It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a..."
It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed. Abigail Adams
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. Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams quote: "Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and..."
Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance. 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
Abigail Adams quote: "Great necessities call out great virtues."
Great necessities call out great virtues. Abigail Adams

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