20 George Washington Quotes

  • It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
  • To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
  • Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
  • Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
  • Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.
  • There is nothing which can better deserve your patronage, than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.
  • Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
  • True 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.
  • Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.
  • Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
  • My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.
  • The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
  • The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it.
  • We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
  • If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
  • Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
  • Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for ‘tis better to be alone than in bad company.
  • Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
  • 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.