99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
GEORGE WASHINGTONWorry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
More George Washington Quotes
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Paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open the door to every species of fraud and injustice.
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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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Those who have committed no faults want no pardon. We are only defending what we deem our indisputable rights.
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Things in life will not always run smoothly. Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights—then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward.
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Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for ‘tis better to be alone than in bad company.
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The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government.
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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
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It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people.
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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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The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government.
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Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgement to others with modesty.
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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
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