Beauty Quote by Jane Austen

“leaning hard into the wind in order to complete the job expected of him. He was an Eagle”

— William Kent Krueger

“Charles Francis Adams was singular for mental poise — absence of self-assertion or self-consciousness — the faculty of standing apart without seeming aware that…

— Henry Adams

“An eagle swooped low over the field, passing by not far from him, and he wished, with the same terrible, helpless fury with which…

— Gretchen Felker-Martin

“One cannot bring up boys to be eagles and then expect them to be sparrows.”

— Anonymous

“Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.”                                             John Quincy Adams”

— Rosalinda Morgan

Adam Smith was not a big fan of the pursuit of fame and fortune. His view of what we truly want, of what really…

— Russ Roberts

“So Henry Adams, well aware that he could not succeed as a scholar, and finding his social position beyond improvement or need of effort,…

— Henry Adams

“His curse was his homeliness; his editor at The World , Irwin Cobb, once caught sight of a mounted moose head and cried, "My…

— Marc Norman

“He thinks himself rather an exceptional young man, thoroughly sophisticated, well adjusted to his environment, and somewhat more significant than any one else he…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“There was an undeniable charm about the man, not merely the youthful airs of one who hadn’t seen the worst the world has to…

— V.E. Schwab

A man must be a born fool who voluntarily engages in controversy with Mr. Adams on a question of fact. I doubt whether he…

— Henry Clay