John Quincy Adams Quotes

John Quincy Adams (14)

Birth:	11th July, 1767
Death:	23rd February, 1848
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Diplomat, Lawyer, Representative, Senator

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  If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

  John Quincy Adams

  Topics in Dream, Leadership

  Tags in Learning

• Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.

  John Quincy Adams

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Persistence, Patience, Courage, Difficulties

• All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.

  John Quincy Adams

  Topics in Honesty

  Tags in Profess, Believe, Folly, Men

• Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

  John Quincy Adams

  Topics in Inspirational

  Tags in Trial, Perseverance, Bravery, Courage

• The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.

  John Quincy Adams

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Revolution, Government, Glory, Principles

• Patience and perserverence have a magical affect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.

  John Quincy Adams

  Topics in Challenge

  Tags in Obstacles, Vanish, Patience, Perseverance

• America… goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.

  John Quincy Adams

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Liberty, Imperialism, Independence, Noninterventionism, Peace, Freedom

• America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy.

  John Quincy Adams

  Topics in America

  Tags in Search

• This is the last of earth! I am content.

  John Quincy Adams

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Last

• Thus situated, the perilous experiment must be made. Let me make it with full deliberations, and be prepared for the consequences.

  John Quincy Adams

  Tags in Prepared

• Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people.

  John Quincy Adams

  Topics in Power

  Tags in Maxim

• Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone,
  and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that
  your vote is never lost.

  John Quincy Adams

  Topics in Politics

• We understand now, we’ve been made to understand, and to embrace the understanding that who we are is who we were.

  John Quincy Adams

  Tags in Amistad

• Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.

  John Quincy Adams

  Topics in Inspirational