Quotes from George Washington
Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another.
- George Washington
Nothing is too extravagant to expect from men who conceive they are ungratefully and unjustly dealt by.
- George Washington
When a man does all he can, though it succeeds not well, blame not him that did it.
- George Washington
While I reiterate the professions of my dependence upon Heaven... I will observe that... no man who is profligate in his morals... can possibly be a true Christian.
- George Washington
I consider it an indubitable mark of mean-spiritedness and pitiful vanity to court applause from the pen or tongue of man.
- George Washington
Rise early, that by habit it may become familiar, agreeable, healthy, and profitable.
- George Washington
My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother.
- George Washington
All I am I owe to my mother.
- George Washington
My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.
- George Washington
Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
- George Washington
There is a Destiny which has the control of our actions, not to be resisted by the strongest efforts of Human Nature.
- George Washington
Patience is a noble virtue, and, when rightly exercised, does not fail of its reward.
- George Washington