George Washington

We can not guarantee success, we can strive to deserve it.

George Washington

We must consult our means rather than our wishes.

George Washington

When one side only of a story is heard and often repeated, the human mind becomes impressed with it insensibly.

George Washington

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

George Washington

A bad war is fought with a good mind.

George Washington

A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well-digested plan is requisite; and their safety and interest require that they should promote such manufactories as tend to render them independent of others for essential, particularly military, supplies.

George Washington

A good moral character is the first essential. It is highly important not only to be learned but to be virtuous.

George Washington

A government is like fire, a handy servant, but a dangerous master.

George Washington

A hundred thousand men, coming one after another, cannot move a Ton weight; but the united strength of 50 would transport it with ease.

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