George Washington

Quote: It is well, I die hard, but I am not afraid to go. [Dec. 14, 1977] [George Washington]

Quote: I do not mean to exclude altogether the idea of patriotism. I know it exists, and I know it has done much in the present contest. But I will venture to assert, that a great and lasting war can never be supported on this principle alone. It must be aided b [George Washington]

Quote: Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom. [George Washington]

Quote: Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater. [George Washington]

Quote: How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. [George Washington]

Quote: How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these. [George Washington]

Quote: 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. [George Washington]

Quote: I wanted to know the name of every stone and flower and insect and bird and beast. I wanted to know where it got its color, where it got its life - but there was no one to tell me. [George Washington]

Quote: If you love it enough, anything will talk with you. [George Washington]

Quote: Learn to do common things uncommonly well; we must always keep in mind that anything that helps fill the dinner pail is valuable. [George Washington]

Quote: No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving something behind. [George Washington]

Quote: Our creator is the same and never changes despite the names given Him by people here and in all parts of the world. Even if we gave Him no name at all, He would still be there, within us, waiting to give us good on this earth. [George Washington]

Quote: 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. [George Washington]

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

Quote: There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation - veneer isn't worth anything. [George Washington]

Quote: 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.
[George Washington]

Quote: When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. [George Washington]

Quote: When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. [George Washington]

Quote: Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for it is better to be alone than in bad company. [George Washington]

Quote: It is better to be alone than in bad company. [George Washington]

Quote: It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company. [George Washington]

Quote: Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive. [George Washington]

Quote: Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession. [George Washington]

Quote: There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate, upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard. [George Washington]

Quote: 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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