George Washington Quotes

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

Start where you are, with what you have. Make something of it and never be satisfied.

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.

Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.

Most people search high and wide for the key to success. If they only knew, the key to their dreams lies within.

I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.

No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having passed through it.

Do not let anyone claim tribute of American patriotism if they even attempt to remove religion from politics.

Where there is no vision, there is no hope.

The future of this nation depends on the Christian training of our youth.

Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater.

It is better to be alone than in bad company.

The secret of my success? It is simple. It is found in the Bible.

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

Education, in the broadest of truest sense, will make an individual seek to help all people, regardless of race, regardless of color, regardless of condition.

Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself.

I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation they might belong.

What students would learn in American schools above all is the religion of Jesus Christ.

Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God.

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

When our thoughts - which bring actions - are filled with hate against anyone, Negro or white, we are in a living hell. That is as real as hell will ever be.

Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do--then do it with all your strength.

Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains taken to bring it to light.

The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

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.

Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?

My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.

Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

A pack of jackasses led by a lion is superior to a pack of lions led by a jackass.

One of the things that has helped me as much as any other is not how long I am going to live, but how much I can do while living.

Working on your biceps? Try chopping down a cherry tree.

It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favors.

Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater. Keep your thoughts free from hate, and you need have no fear from those who hate you.

Do what you can, with what you have and do it now!

Learn to do the common things uncommonly well.

Freemasonry is founded on the immutable laws of Truth and Justice and its grand object is to promote the happiness of the human race.

My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother.

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.

The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing...is a vice so mean and low, without any temptation, that every man of sense and character detests and despises it.

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

There is literally nothing that I ever asked to do, that I asked the blessed Creator to help me to do, that I have not been able to accomplish.

Religion and morality are the essential pillars of civil society.

Occupants of public offices love power and are prone to abuse it.

Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

Without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive.

It follows then as certain as that night succeeds the day, that without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive, and with it, everything honorable and glorious.

Since new developments are the products of a creative mind, we must therefore stimulate and encourage that type of mind in every way possible.