Top 21 Most Inspirational John Quincy Adams Quotes
1. “You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.” ― John Quincy Adams
2. “From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.” ― John Quincy Adams
3. “Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish them in working order.” ― John Quincy Adams
4. “This hand, to tyrants ever sworn the foe, For Freedom only deals the deadly blow; Then sheathes in calm repose the vengeful blade, For gentle peace in Freedom’s hallowed shade.” ― John Quincy Adams
5. “Always stand on principle, even if you stand alone.” ― John Quincy Adams
6. “You won’t realize the distance you’ve walked until you take a look around and realize how far you’ve been.” ― John Quincy Adams
7. “There are two types of education… One should teach us how to make a living, and the other how to live.” ― John Quincy Adams
8. “Think of your forefathers! Think of your posterity! – John Quincy Adams
9. “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
10. “Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.” ― John Quincy Adams
11. “There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country: One is by sword and one is by debt.” ― John Quincy Adams
12. “Duty is ours; results are God’s – John Quincy Adams
13. “All rising to great place is by a winding stair.” ― John Quincy Adams
14. “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” ― John Quincy Adams
15. “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
16. “But I must submit all my Hopes and Fears, to an overruling Providence, in which, unfashionable as the Faith may be, I firmly believe.” ― John Quincy Adams
17. “Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish them in working order.” ― John Quincy Adams
18. “Let us dare to read, think, speak and write.” ― John Quincy Adams
19. “Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.” ― John Quincy Adams
20. “The imagination of a eunuch dwells more and longer upon the material of love than that of man or woman … supplying, so far as he can, by speculation, the place of pleasures he can no longer enjoy.” ― John Quincy Adams
21. “You willl 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