George Washington on good
“We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.”
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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
George WashingtonGeorge Washington 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.
George WashingtonGeorge Washington The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
George WashingtonGeorge Washington 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.
George WashingtonGeorge Washington Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures best calculated for their own good, without the intervention of a coercive power.
George WashingtonGeorge Washington Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
George WashingtonGeorge Washington Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
George WashingtonGeorge Washington Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
George WashingtonGeorge Washington A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
George WashingtonGeorge Washington If the cause is advanced, indifferent is it to me where or in what quarter it happens.
George WashingtonGeorge Washington There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.
George WashingtonGeorge Washington Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
George WashingtonGeorge Washington The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government.
George WashingtonGeorge Washington I attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from my mom.
George WashingtonGeorge Washington I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
George WashingtonGeorge Washington Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
George WashingtonGeorge Washington
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The nicest feeling in the world is to do a good deed anonymously-and have somebody find out.
Oscar WildeOscar Wilde Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for ‘tis better to be alone than in bad company.
George WashingtonGeorge Washington The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
SocratesSocrates I must be willing to give whatever it takes to do good to others. This requires that I be willing to give until it hurts. Otherwise, there is no true love in me, and I bring injustice, not peace, to those around me.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Don’t believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they really want is to be maintained in the good opinion they have of themselves.
Albert CamusAlbert Camus Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything good in the world.
Helen KellerHelen Keller Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.
PlatoPlato There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.
Gautama BuddhaGautama Buddha