A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
GEORGE WASHINGTONThe 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.
More George Washington Quotes
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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.
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The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they pass unobserved.
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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
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Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do – then do it with all your strength.
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The nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
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Every man thinks God is on his side.
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If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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Freedom of inquiry will produce liberality of conduct.
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A man ought not to value himself of his achievements or rare qualities of wit, much less of his riches, virtue or kindred.
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Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
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