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.
GEORGE WASHINGTONLet us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The rest is in the hands of God.
More George Washington Quotes
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99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
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Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections.
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Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone.
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Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
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The internet is full of many false and unverified quotes.
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The hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend.
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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for, I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country.
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Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
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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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Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
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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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To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.
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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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