Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
GEORGE WASHINGTONSystem to all things is the soul of business. To execute properly and act maturely is the way to conduct it to your advantage.
More George Washington Quotes
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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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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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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
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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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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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Freedom of inquiry will produce liberality of conduct.
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No punishment, in my opinion, is to great, for the man who can build his greatness upon his country’s ruin.
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Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
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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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Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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