Quotes by Abigail Adams

• Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
• 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.
• A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world.
• Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
• Great necessities call out great virtues.
• 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.
• 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.
• If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
• 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.
• Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.
• We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
• 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.'
• Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.
• Happiness is not out there; it's in you all along
• Facts are stubborn things, but so are opinions—always brace for the clash!
• Life is only as interesting as the stories you gather along the way, so be sure to turn every page with a smile!
• Adventure is worthwhile in itself, but if you can color it with a dash of spontaneity and laughter, that’s living!