Nothing 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
We shall never be abandoned by Heaven while we act worthy of its aid and protection
Interpretation
Acting with integrity attracts support and guidance from a higher power.
This quote by Samuel Adams suggests that when we strive to conduct ourselves honorably and responsibly, we will receive assistance and protection from divine or higher forces. It emphasizes the idea that our actions and the worthiness of our character can influence the support we receive in life, reflecting a relationship between human virtue and providence.
In practice
This quote could be shared during a motivational speech about pursuing your goals with integrity.
Nothing 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.
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.
Let no man thirst for good beer.
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.
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Receive wealth or prosperity without arrogance; and be ready to let it go.
The silence of a wise man is always meaningful.
The humblest praise most, while cranks & malcontents praise least. Praise almost seems to be inner health made audible
The choices you make today design your future
I divide the world into three Classes - The few who make things happen, the many who watch things happen, the overwhelming majority who have no notion of what happens.
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