Abigail Adams Quotes About Difficulty
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I feel anxious for the fate of our monarchy, or democracy, or whatever is to take place. I soon get lost in a labyrinth of perplexities; but, whatever occurs, may justice and righteousness be the stability of our times, and order arise out of confusion. Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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No one is without their difficulties, whether in High, or low Life, & every person knows best where their own shoe pinches.
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Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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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.
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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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Abigail Adams
- Born: November 22, 1744
- Died: October 28, 1818
- Occupation: Former First Lady of the United States
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