Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The rest is in the hands of God.
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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True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation.
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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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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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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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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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I attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from my mom.
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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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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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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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We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
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The nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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To the distinguished character of patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian.
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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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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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