George Washington Quotes

It's wonderful what we can do if we're always doing.

The administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government.

Europe has a set of primary interests, which to us have none, or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves, by artificial ties, in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

There is a Destiny which has the control of our actions, not to be resisted by the strongest efforts of Human Nature.

Nothing is a greater stranger to my breast, or a sin that my soul more abhors, than that black and detestable one, ingratitude.

It is infinitely better to have a few good men than many indifferent ones.

Rise early, that by habit it may become familiar, agreeable, healthy, and profitable. It may, for a while, be irksome to do this, but that will wear off; and the practice will produce a rich harvest forever thereafter; whether in public or private walks of life.

When one side only of a story is heard and often repeated, the human mind becomes impressed with it insensibly.

Make the most of the Indian hemp seed, and sow it everywhere!

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.

Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.

Example, whether it be good or bad, has a powerful influence.

No distance can keep anxious lovers long asunder.

Every post is honorable in which a man can serve his country.

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.

Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.