Artemas Ward Quotes:- Artemas Ward (November 26, 1727 – October 28, 1800) was an American major general in the American Revolutionary War and a Congressman from Massachusetts.
He was considered an effective political leader, President John Adams describing him as “universally esteemed, beloved and confided in by his army and his country.”
Inspirational Artemas Ward Quotes
“Trouble will come soon enough, and when he does come to receive him as pleasantly as possible. The more amiably you greet him, the sooner he will go away.”-Artemas Ward
“Let’s have the Union restored as it was if we can; but if we can’t, I’m in favor of the Union as it wasn’t.”-Artemas Ward
“The Puritans nobly fled from a land of despotism to a land of freedom, where they could not only enjoy their own religion but could prevent everybody else from enjoying his.”-Artemas Ward
“I can’t sing. As a scientist, I am not a success. I am saddest when I sing. So are those who hear me. They are sadder even than I am.”-Artemas Ward
“One of the principal features of my entertainment is that it contains so many things that don’t have anything to do with it.”-Artemas Ward
“It is true, that all married men have their own way, but the trouble is they don’t all have their own way of having it.”-Artemas Ward
“We wish genius and morality were affectionate companions, but it is a fact that they are often bitter enemies. They don’t necessarily coalesce any more than oil and water do.”-Artemas Ward
Motivational Artemas Ward Quotes And Sayings
“I prefer temperance hotels – although they sell worse kinds of liquor than any other kind of hotels.”-Artemas Ward
“I can’t sing. As a scientist, I am not a success. I am saddest when I sing. So are those who hear me. They are sadder even than I am.”-Artemas Ward
“Imagine for a moment Napoleon I, to have borne the name of Jenkins, or Washington to have sustained the appellation of John Smith!”-Artemas Ward
