I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
GEORGE WASHINGTONI had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
GEORGE WASHINGTONIt is better to be alone than in bad company.
GEORGE WASHINGTONTo persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
GEORGE WASHINGTONWe must consult our means rather than our wishes.
GEORGE WASHINGTONGentlemen, 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.
GEORGE WASHINGTONLet your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone.
GEORGE WASHINGTONThe harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
GEORGE WASHINGTONReligious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
GEORGE WASHINGTONI conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.
GEORGE WASHINGTONDecision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
GEORGE WASHINGTONCitizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections.
GEORGE WASHINGTONNo punishment, in my opinion, is to great, for the man who can build his greatness upon his country’s ruin.
GEORGE WASHINGTONWhere are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
GEORGE WASHINGTONTrue friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation.
GEORGE WASHINGTONBe courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.
GEORGE WASHINGTONThe 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 WASHINGTON