Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
GEORGE WASHINGTONEvery 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.
More George Washington Quotes
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Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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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.
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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.
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If the cause is advanced, indifferent is it to me where or in what quarter it happens.
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I had hoped that liberal and enlightened thought would have reconciled the Christians so that their religious fights would not endanger the peace of Society.
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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The rest is in the hands of God.
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99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
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Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
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Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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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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Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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