Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.
George Washington
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation, for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.
George Washington
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
- George Washington
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
George Washington
Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable, procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
George Washington
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
George Washington
It's wonderful what we can do if we're always doing.
- George Washington
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
- George Washington
Our cause is noble; it is the cause of mankind!
George Washington
To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.
- George Washington
If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.
George Washington, Fifth annual address to Congress, December 13, 1793
It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
George Washington, letter to his niece Harriet Washington, October 30, 1791
As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
George Washington (1732 - 1799)
The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered... deeply, ...finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.
George Washington (1732 - 1799), First Inaugural Address, Apr. 30, 1789
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.
George Washington (1732 - 1799)
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow grow, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
George Washington (1732 - 1799)
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
George Washington (1732 - 1799)
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.
George Washington (1732 - 1799)
I know [patriotism] exists, and I know it has done much in the present contest. But a great and lasting war can never be supported on this principle alone. It must be aided by a prospect of interest, or some reward.
George Washington (1732 - 1799)
It is well, I die hard, but I am not afraid to go.
- George Washington (1732 - 1799), last words, 14 December 1799.
There is no restraining men's tongues or pens when charged with a little vanity.
- George Washington (1732 - 1799)
We ought not to look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dear-brought experience.
George Washington (1732 - 1799)
I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
George Washington (1732 - 1799)
Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! It is a dangerous servant and a terrible master.
George Washington (1732 - 1799)
Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
George Washington (1732 - 1799)
I believe that the great Creator has put ores and oil on this earth to give us a breathing spell. As we exhaust them, we must be prepared to fall back on our farms, which is God’s true storehouse and can never be exhausted. We can learn to synthesize material for every human need from things that grow.
George Washington Carver (1864 - 1943)
Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! Like fire, it is a dangerous servant, and a fearful master.
- George Washington (1732 - 1799)
I hold before you my hand with each finger standing erect and alone, and as long as they are held thus, not one of the tasks that the hand may preform can be accomplished. I cannot lift. I cannot grasp. I cannot hold. I cannot even make an intelligible sign until my fingers organize and work together. In this we should also learn a lesson.
George Washington Carver (1864 - 1943)
There is nothing that gives a man consequence, and renders him fit for command, like a support that renders him independent of everybody but the State he serves.
- George Washington (1732 - 1799)
