George Washington Quotes



       “It is better to be alone than in bad company.” 
- George Washington

        “99% of failures come from people who make excuses.” 
- George Washington

       “Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.” 
- George Washington

       “I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.” 
- George Washington

       “It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.” 
- George Washington

       “Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.” 
- George Washington

       “Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.” 
- George Washington

        “Labour to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.” 
- George Washington

        “A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.” 
- George Washington

        “Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.”
- George Washington


        “Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.” 
- George Washington

        “Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.” 
- George Washington

       “If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” 
- George Washington

        “Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.” 
- George Washington

        “Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for ‘tis better to be alone than in bad company.” 
- George Washington

        “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” 
- George Washington

       “Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?” 
- George Washington

       “One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.” 
- George Washington

       “To persevere in one's duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny” 
- George Washington

        “A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.” 
- George Washington


       “Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.” 
- George Washington

         “The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government.” 
- George Washington

        “I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.” 
- George Washington

         “There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy” 
- George Washington

        “Wherein you reprove another be unblameable yourself, for example is more prevalent than precepts.” 
- George Washington,

       “To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.” 
- George Washington

       “The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.” 
- George Washington

        “A man ought not to value himself of his achievements or rare qualities of wit, much less of his riches, virtue or kindred.” 
- George Washington

        “Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all” 
- George Washington

        “We must consult our means rather than our wishes.” 
- George Washington

        “LIBERTY, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.” 
- George Washington

        “Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone.” 
- George Washington

       “A bad war is fought with a good mind.” 
- George Washington

        “Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.” 
- George Washington

       “I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.” 
- George Washington

       “If the cause is advanced, indifferent is it to me where or in what quarter it happens.” 
- George Washington

       “Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.” 
- George Washington

        “Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.” 
- George Washington

       “Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.”
- George Washington



        “If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”
- George Washington