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“It is better to be alone than in bad
company.”
- George Washington |
“99% of failures come from people who
make excuses.”
- George Washington |
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“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 |
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“It is better to offer no excuse than
a bad one.”
- George Washington |
“Perseverance and spirit have done
wonders in all ages.”
- George Washington |
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“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 |
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“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
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“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 |
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“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 |
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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.”
- 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 |
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“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 |
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“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 |
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“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 |
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“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 |
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“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 |
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“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 |
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“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 |
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“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 |
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“A bad war is fought with a good
mind.”
- George Washington |
“Real men despise battle, but will
never run from it.”
- George Washington |
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“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 |
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“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 |
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“Truth
will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.”
- George
Washington
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“If the
freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like
sheep to the slaughter.”
- George
Washington
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