Famous George Washington Quotations

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"Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble."
by George Washington
"'Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world."
by George Washington
"Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough. Not only have I found that when I talk to the little flower or to the little peanut they will give up their secrets, but I have found that when I silently commune with people they give up their secrets also - if you love them enough."
by George Washington Carver
"Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all."
by George Washington
"I'm amazed that you could have the greatest portrait in the United States, of George Washington; you could have the Declaration of Independence desk, the desk on which it was written; you could have the hat that Abraham Lincoln had on the day he died, in buildings that really not only possibly endanger them, but the American people coming to look at them."
by Lawrence Small
"Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse."
by George Washington
"It is well, I die hard, but I am not afraid to go."
by George Washington
"Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected."
by George Washington
"Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses."
by George Washington Carver
"[Even the country's first president chafed at the limits placed on him by the writers of the U.S. Constitution.] From the nature of the Constitution, ... I must approve all the parts of a bill, or reject it in toto."
by George Washington
"And in the afternoon they entered a land - but such a land! A land hung in mourning, darkened by gigantic cypresses, submerged; a land of reptiles, silence, shadow, decay."
by George Washington Cable
"Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness"
by George Washington
"As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality."
by 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"
by 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."
by George Washington
"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence."
by George Washington
"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation."
by George Washington
"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow grow, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation."
by George Washington
"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence."
by George Washington
"Being a politician makes your hair turn white,"
by George Washington
"Differences in political opinion are as unavoidable as, to a certain point, they may perhaps be necessary."
by George Washington
"Distinction is the consequence, never the object of a great mind."
by George Washington Allston
"Doing the show was like painting the George Washington Bridge. As soon as you finished one end, you started right in on the other."
by Jack Paar
"Experience is the surest standard by which to test the real tendency of the existing Constitution of a country"
by George Washington
"Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder."
by George Washington
"George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie."
by Mark Twain
"George Washington Remembers: Reflections on the French and Indian War."
by George Washington
"George Washington had a vision for this country. Was it three days of uninterrupted shopping?"
by Jeff Melvoin
"George Washington had a vision for this country. Was it three days of uninterrupted shopping"
by Jeff Melvoin
"George Washington as a boy was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth - he could not even lie."
by Mark Twain
"Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."
by George Washington
"Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master"
by George Washington
"Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."
by George Washington
"Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! Like fire, it is a dangerous servant, and a fearful master."
by George Washington
"Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! It is a dangerous servant and a terrible master."
by George Washington
"Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action."
by George Washington
"Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action."
by George Washington
"How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these."
by George Washington Carver
"How soon we forget history...Government is not reason. Government is not eloquence. It is force. And, like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."
by George Washington
"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 the strong -- because someday you will have been all of these."
by George Washington Carver
"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."
by George Washington Carver
"I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him 'father.'"
by Will Rogers
"I believe that the great Creator has put ores and oil on this earth to give us a breathing spell. As we exhaust them, we must be prepared to fall back on our farms, which is God’s true storehouse and can never be exhausted. We can learn to synthesize material for every human need from things that grow."
by George Washington Carver
"I conceive that a knowledge of books is the basis on which all other knowledge rests."
by George Washington
"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."
by George Washington
"I hold before you my hand with each finger standing erect and alone, and as long as they are held thus, not one of the tasks that the hand may preform can be accomplished. I cannot lift. I cannot grasp. I cannot hold. I cannot even make an intelligible sign until my fingers organize and work together. In this we should also learn a lesson."
by George Washington Carver
"I know [patriotism] exists, and I know it has done much in the present contest. But a great and lasting war can never be supported on this principle alone. It must be aided by a prospect of interest, or some reward."
by George Washington
"I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting system through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in."
by George Washington Carver
"I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power."
by Robert Frost
"If Abu Nidal is a terrorist, then so is George Washington. (Reply to President Ronald Reagan in defense of Palestinian terrorist)"
by Muammar Qaddafi
"In executing the duties of my present important station, I can promise nothing but purity of intentions, and, in carrying these into effect, fidelity and diligence"
by George Washington
"It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one."
by George Washington
"It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company."
by George Washington
"Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience."
by George Washington
"Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience."
by George Washington
"May the Father of All Mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths; and, make us in all our several vocations useful here, and in His own due time and way everlastingly happy"
by George Washington
"Money, we know, will fetch anything and command the service of any man."
by George Washington
"My temper leads me to peace and harmony with all men; and it is peculiarly my wish to avoid any personal feuds or dissensions with those, who are embarked in the same great national interest with myself, as every difference of this kind in its conseq"
by George Washington
"No government ought to be without censors & where the press is free, no one ever will."
by Thomas Jefferson
"Not only do I pray for it, on the score of human dignity, but I can clearly foresee that nothing but the rooting out of slavery can perpetuate the existence of our union, by consolidating it in a common bond of principle"
by George Washington
"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."
by George Washington Carver
"Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty."
by George Washington
"Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle"
by George Washington
"Slater Behind every good man there is a woman, and that woman was Martha Washington man, and everyday George would come home, she would have a big fat bowl waiting for him, man when he come in the door, man she was a hip, hip, hip lady, man."
by Dazed and Confused
"The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure."
by George Washington
"The consciousness of having attempted faithfully to discharge my duty, and the approbation of my Country will be a sufficient recompense for my Services"
by George Washington
"The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself."
by George Washington Allston
"The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered... deeply, ...finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people."
by George Washington
"The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered ... deeply ... finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people."
by George Washington
"The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish Government, presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established Government."
by George Washington
"There is nothing that gives a man consequence, and renders him fit for command, like a support that renders him independent of everybody but the State he serves."
by George Washington
"This spirited new musical is American history...but with a 'Forrest Gump'-type twist, as Liberty Smith, an everyman hero and the 'forgotten' founding father, crosses paths with historical giants and influences great events in funny and unexpected ways."
by George Washington
"To be prepared for War is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace"
by George Washington
"To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country."
by George Washington
"To please everybody is impossible were I to undertake it, I should probably please nobody."
by George Washington
"True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation."
by George Washington
"Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light."
by George Washington
"We ought not to look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dear-brought experience."
by George Washington
"We'll be asking to set aside the Court of Appeals decision."
by George Washington
"When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world."
by George Washington Carver
"When, in the decline of Life, I gratify the fond wish of my heart in retiring from public labors, and find the language of approbation and fervent prayers for future happiness following that event, my heart expands with gratitude and my feelings beco"
by George Washington
"I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered to any country than by improving its agriculture, its breed of useful animals, and other branches of a husbandman's cares."
by George Washington
"To point out the importance of circumspection in your conduct, it may be proper to observe that a good moral character is the first essential in a man, and that the habits contracted at your age are generally indelible, and your conduct here may stamp your character through life. It is therefore highly important that you should endeavor not only to be learned but virtuous."
by George Washington
"Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom."
by George Washington Carver
"When you can do the common things in life in a uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world."
by George Washington Carver
"He is the purest figure in history. About George Washington"
by William Ewart Gladstone
"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."
by George Washington
"Where there is no vision, there is no hope."
by George Washington Carver
"When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen."
by George Washington
"When I was young, I said to God, god, tell me the mystery of the universe. But God answered, that knowledge is for me alone. So I said, god, tell me the mystery of the peanut. Then God said, well, George, that's more nearly your size."
by George Washington C
"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."
by George Washington Carver
"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."
by George Washington
"To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace."
by George Washington
"Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all."
by George Washington
"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"
by George Washington
"The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it."
by George Washington
"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 some day in life you will have been all these."
by George Washington Carver
"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."
by George Washington
"Tradition! We scarcely know the word anymore. We are afraid to be either proud of our ancestors or ashamed of them. We cling to a bourgeois mediocrity which would make it appear we are all Americans, made in the image and likeness of George Washington."
by Dorothy Day
"The tumultuous populace of large cities are ever to be dreaded. Their indiscriminate violence prostrates for the time all public authority, and its consequences are sometimes extensive and terrible."
by George Washington


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