Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The rest is in the hands of God.
GEORGE WASHINGTONLet us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The rest is in the hands of God.
GEORGE WASHINGTONMake sure you are doing what God wants you to do – then do it with all your strength.
GEORGE WASHINGTONNo punishment, in my opinion, is to great, for the man who can build his greatness upon his country’s ruin.
GEORGE WASHINGTONI conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.
GEORGE WASHINGTONThe basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government.
GEORGE WASHINGTONDiscipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
GEORGE WASHINGTONDecision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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.
GEORGE WASHINGTONWe began a contest for liberty ill provided with the means for the war, relying on our patriotism to supply the deficiency.
GEORGE WASHINGTONI had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
GEORGE WASHINGTONTo persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
GEORGE WASHINGTONWe have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
GEORGE WASHINGTONAssociate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for ‘tis better to be alone than in bad company.
GEORGE WASHINGTONTo encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.
GEORGE WASHINGTONHuman happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
GEORGE WASHINGTONMuch was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
GEORGE WASHINGTON