John Stevens Cabot Abbott famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Mothers have as powerful an influence over the welfare of future generations as all other earthly causes combined.
-- John Stevens Cabot Abbott

#Mother #Powerful #Generations
Christopher Carson, whose renown as Kit Carson has reached almost every ear in the country was born in Madison county, Kentucky, on the 24th of December, 1809.
-- John Stevens Cabot Abbott

#Country #Book #Kentucky
He who loathes war, and will do everything in his power to avert it, but who will, in the last extremity, encounter its perils, from love of country and of home--who is willing to sacrifice himself and all that is dear to him in life, to promote the well-being of his fellow-man, will ever receive a worthy homage.
-- John Stevens Cabot Abbott

#Country #War #Home
If war has its chivalry and its pageantry, it has also its hideousness and its demoniac woe. Bullets respect not beauty. They tear out the eye, and shatter the jaw, and rend the cheek.
-- John Stevens Cabot Abbott

#War #Eye #Tears
War is science of destruction.
-- John Stevens Cabot Abbott

#War #Destruction

Then, there's the modern mother-in-law. In her mid 40s, she is the compact car of her breed: efficient, trim, attractive and in harmony with her times. She's pretty stiff competition for the plain young matron who's overweight and under-financed. If there is going to be friction in this relationship, it could start from envy and resentment in the younger woman. But Father Time is on her side, even if Mother Nature played her a dirty trick
Unconditional love is an illogical notion, but such a great and powerful one.
An interface can be a powerful narrative device. And as we collect more and more personally and socially relevant data, we have an opportunity, and maybe even an obligation, to maintain [our] humanity and tell some amazing stories.
All we have is our vote. But it's powerful.
One of the biggest mistakes companies make is brute force lead generation - "give me more leads!" -when they don't understand that not all leads are the same.
We therefore must keep the faith, despite the defeat of policies, because men pass with their policies whilst generations follow each other.
A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming elections.
Iâ€™m doing pretty well. If you donâ€™t get married, you canâ€™t get divorced. Why couldnâ€™t we learn from the devastatingly low percentage of successful marriages that our last generation went through?
Leadership requires the courage to make decisions that will benefit the next generation.
Our masters have not heard the people's voice for generations and it is much, much louder than they care to remember.

John Stevens Cabot Abbott famous quotes

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