“Let what will be said or done, preserve your sang-froid immovably, and to every obstacle, oppose patience, perseverance, and soothing language.”
Letter to William Short (18 March 1792)
1790s
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“Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.”
Letter to John Adams (27 November 1775)
Source: The Quotable Abigail Adams
Context: I feel anxious for the fate of our monarchy, or democracy, or whatever is to take place. I soon get lost in a labyrinth of perplexities; but, whatever occurs, may justice and righteousness be the stability of our times, and order arise out of confusion. Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
On her advice for Latina playwrights in “Anne García-Romero” https://50playwrights.org/2016/05/06/anne-garcia-romero/ in 50 Playwrights Project (2016 May 6)
“Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to success and, above all, love.”
Pearls of Wisdom
“There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting.”
The Aran Islands (1907)
“Woman has suffered for eons, and that has given her infinite patience and infinite perseverance.”
Pearls of Wisdom
“Patience and perseverance are never more thoroughly Christian graces than when features of prayer.”
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 461.
In recent years this has often been misquoted as: "Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish".
Oration at Plymouth (1802)
Context: Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. These qualities have ever been displayed in their mightiest perfection, as attendants in the retinue of strong passions.