37 Quotes by Paul C. Nagel

The life-changing encounters that John Quincy Adams made as an adolescent on his own in Stockholm began with a friendship he struck up at a bookstore.

The world shall retire from me before I shall retire from the world. John Quincy Adams

The aging Adams delightedly describes being surrounded by books on so many different subjects that interested him as "baits on fishhooks".

John Quincy Adams' depression was treated by his aunt with some reliable remedies, first sleep and then compassion. She said, " He was half cared for by having someone to care for him.

Quite possibly, this depressive illness was the familiar sort that grew from perfectionist expectations.

He had to pause for his usual misgivings.

Most ardent reformers are accompanied by but equal portion of dullness . John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams strove to escape commonplace thoughts.

Adams was in a hurry and ordered his horse drawn carriage to wait for him in front of his house. The horses were spooked before he got in the carriage, and the carriage was destroyed in an accident. Pondering what could have happened to him , Adams retreated to Psalm 20's injunctions against trusting in chariots and horses.