Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
GEORGE WASHINGTONThings 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.
More George Washington Quotes
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I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
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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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A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
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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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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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The chief duty of the National Government in connection with the currency of the country is to coin money and declare its value.
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One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.
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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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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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I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own.
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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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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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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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