Saturday, June 9, 2012

Quote of the Day (John Quincy Adams, on Courage and Perseverance)


“Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.”—John Quincy Adams, future Secretary of State and President of the United States, Oration at Plymouth, Mass., in Commemoration of the Landing of the Pilgrims, Dec. 22, 1802

(Portrait of Adams by John Singleton Copley)

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