"Duty is ours; results are God's" — John Quincy Adams

Jesus was all virtue, and acted from impulse, not from rules

Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793)

The pride of the peacock is the glory of God.

Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793)

The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God

Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793)

Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into.

Source: Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit

It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little

We will now discuss in a little more detail the struggle for existence

John Quincy Adams Quote