Quote by John Adams Download Open image ““I must leave others to wear the laurels that I have sown.”” — John Adams ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare
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“You must be conquerors through him who hath loved you, if conquerors at all. Our laurels must grow among his olives in Gethsemane.” — Charles H. Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“And how she smiled and how she laughed, the maiden of the tree. She spun away and said to him, no featherbed for me.… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“If the wind brushes against you, do not complain; it brushes against everyone.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“Everywhere I go, your beauty spills into my day. The trees were never this verdant. The birdsong never this sweet.” — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
Laurel crowns cleave to deserts And power to him who power exerts; Hast not thy share? On winged feet, Lo! it rushes thee to… — Marsilio Ficino Copy Share Image
“There are few things so disarming as one who laughs well at her own expense.” — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
“I have gathered a posy of other men's flowers and nothing but the thread that binds them is mine own.” — John Bartlett Copy Share Image
“I had an honest, ordered, respectable and unexciting life to look forward to. I had sown my wild oats and it was time to… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
Historically, usury was defined as any interest whatever on an unproductive loan.Our whole banking system I have ever abhorred, I continue to abhor, and… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“Daughter! Get you an honest Man for a Husband, and keep him honest. No matter whether he is rich, provided he be independent. Regard… — John Adams Copy Share Image
The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity — John Adams Copy Share Image
We may... affirm that the balance of power in a society accompanies the balance of property in land. The only possible way, then, of… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“The longer I live, the more I read, the more patiently I think, and the more anxiously I inquire, the less I seem to… — John Adams Copy Share Image
But what do we mean by the American Revolution? Do we mean the American war? The Revolution was effected before the war commenced. The… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“Upon common theaters, indeed, the applause of the audience is of more importance to the actors than their own aprobation. But upon the stage… — John Adams Copy Share Image
There are only two creatures of value on the face of the earth: those with the commitment, and those who require the commitment of… — John Adams Copy Share Image
I will insist the Hebrews have [contributed] more to civilize men than any other nation. If I was an atheist and believed in blind… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity and happiness of the people; and not for the profit, honor, or… — John Adams Copy Share Image
During the whole time I sat with him in Congress, I never heard him utter three sentences together. — John Adams Copy Share Image