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 WASHINGTONGovernment is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
More George Washington Quotes
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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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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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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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Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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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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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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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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Every man thinks God is on his side.
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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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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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Few men are capable of making a continual sacrifice of all views of private interest, or advantage, to the common good.
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System to all things is the soul of business. To execute properly and act maturely is the way to conduct it to your advantage.
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