We shall never be abandoned by Heaven while we act worthy of its aid and protection
Samuel AdamsRead
Nil desperandum, -- Never Despair. That is a motto for you and me. All are not dead; and where there is a spark of patriotic fire, we will rekindle it.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote encourages perseverance and hope in the face of adversity.
Samuel Adams emphasizes the importance of resilience and maintaining a sense of patriotism, urging individuals to never lose hope, as long as there is a spark of passion and determination. He suggests that even in difficult times, one can find the strength to rekindle their commitment and strive for better outcomes.
Themes
DespairHopePatriotismCourageResilience
In practice
Example use cases
In a motivational speech to inspire a community facing challenges.
More from Samuel Adams
All quotes βNothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and trust must be men of unexceptionable characters.
Samuel AdamsRead
If taxes are laid upon us in any shape without our having a legal representation where they are laid, are we not reduced from the character of free subjects to the miserable state of tributary slaves? We claim British rights not by charter only! We are born to them.
Samuel AdamsRead
Let no man thirst for good beer.
Samuel AdamsRead
He therefore is the truest friend to the liberty of his country who tries most to promote its virtue, and who, so far as his power and influence extend, will not suffer a man to be chosen into any office of power and trust who is not a wise and virtuous man.
Samuel AdamsRead
We boast of our freedom, and we have your example for it. We talk the language we have always heard you speak.
Samuel AdamsRead
Similar quotes
My study of Gandhi convinced me that true pacifism is not nonresistance to evil, but nonviolent resistance to evil. Between the two positions, there is a world of difference. Gandhi resisted evil with as much vigor and power as the violent resister, but True pacifism is not unrealistic submission to evil power. It is rather a courageous confrontation of evil by the power of love. . . .
Martin Luther King, Jr.Read
I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham.
Martin Luther King, Jr.Read
African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence.
Wangari MaathaiRead
Run towards your fears. Embrace them. On the other side of your greatest fears lives your greatest life.
Robin SharmaRead
Adversity isn't an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It's part of our life.
Aimee MullinsRead
There was a wild light in his eyes. "Bring your lightnings, Aes Sedai. I will dance with them.
Robert JordanRead