Quotes from John Quincy Adams

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

According to the Stoics, all vice was resolvable into folly: according to the Christian principle, it is all the effect of weakness.

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

The Sermon on the Mount commands me to lay up for myself treasures, not upon earth, but in Heaven. My hopes of a future life are all founded upon the Gospel of Christ.

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

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.

The four most miserable years of my life were my four years in the presidency.

It was the special purpose of Christ's appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.

Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights. It is founded on the natural equality of mankind. It is the cornerstone of the Christian religion. It is the first element of all lawful government upon earth.

We know the redemption must come. The time and the manner of its coming we know not: It may come in peace, or it may come in blood; but whether in peace or in blood, LET IT COME.

A leader leads by example, whether he intends to or not.

Every temptation is an opportunity of our getting nearer to God.