“99% of failures come from people who make excuses.”

Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.

I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth.

Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?

The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.

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.

If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

Every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more, that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome.

The reflection upon my situation and that of this army produces many an uneasy hour when all around me are wrapped in sleep. Few people know the predicament we are in.

Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by a difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be deprecated.

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

The chief duty of the National Government in connection with the currency of the country is to coin money and declare its value.

A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.

The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.

Silence speaks so much louder than screaming tantrums. Never give anyone an excuse to say that you’re crazy.

The God excuse, the last refuge of a man with no answers and no argument.

You can have results or excuses. Not both.

Rainy days are just an excuse for pretty umbrellas. Don’t let it slow you down!

The world went mad and used us as an excuse.

Never trust cynics, as they excuse their own bad deeds by telling themselves everyone does it.