Famous George Washington Quotes On Politics, Leadership And Freedom
Before we read the George Washington Quotes, let’s know a bit about who he was;
George Washington was one of the greatest American political leader, military general, statesman, and also the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.
He is known as ‘The Father of USA” for his manifold leadership in the formative days of the new nation, upon his death in 1799, he was eulogized as “first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.”
George Washington Quotes
1 – “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
2 – “Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.” – George Washington
3 – “Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.” – George Washington
4 – “Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.” – George Washington
5 – “I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!” – George Washington
6 – “Religion is as necessary to reason as reason is to religion. One cannot exist without the other.” – George Washington
7 – “Government is not reason and it is not eloquence. It is a force! Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.” – George Washington
8 – “It should be the highest ambition of every American to extend his views beyond himself, and to bear in mind that his conduct will not only affect himself, his country, and his immediate posterity; but that its influence may be co-extensive with the world, and stamp political happiness or misery on ages yet unborn.” – George Washington
9 – “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 endeavour not only to be learned but virtuous.” – George Washington
10 – “Honesty will be found in every experiment, to be the best and only true policy. Let us then as a nation be just.” – George Washington
11 – “More permanent and genuine happiness is to be found in the sequestered walks of connubial life than in the giddy rounds of promiscuous pleasure.” – George Washington
12 – “Nothing is a greater stranger to my breast or a sin that my soul more abhors, than that black and detestable one, ingratitude.” – George Washington
13 – “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.” – George Washington
14 – “I have always considered marriage as the most interesting event of one’s life, the foundation of happiness or misery.” – George Washington
15 – “I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is the best policy.” – George Washington
16 – “A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.” – George Washington
17 – “To contract new debts is not the way to pay old ones.” – George Washington
18 – “Adhere to your purpose and you will soon feel as well as you ever did. On the contrary, if you falter, and give up, you will lose the power of keeping any resolution, and will regret it all your life.” – George Washington
19 – “I walk slowly, but I never walk backwards.” – George Washington
20 – “When one side only of a story is heard and often repeated, the human mind becomes impressed with it insensibly.” – George Washington
21 – “A people who are possessed of the spirit of commerce, who see and who will pursue their advantages may achieve almost anything.” – George Washington
22 – “99% of failures come from people who make excuses.” – George Washington
23 – “It is far better to be alone than to be in bad company.” – George Washington
23rd of 43 Quotes By George Washington
24 – “There is nothing which can better deserve your patronage, than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.” – George Washington
25 – “Leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done today.” – George Washington
26 – “We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and to profit by dearly bought experience.” – George Washington
27 – “The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.” – George Washington
28 – “Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.” – George Washington
29 – “It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.” – George Washington
30 – “Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.” – George Washington
31 – “The foolish and wicked practise of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it.” – George Washington
32 – “Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.” – George Washington
33 – “Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.” – George Washington
34 – “Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.” – George Washington
35 – “A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.” – George Washington
36 – “True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.” – George Washington
37 – “If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” – George Washington
38 – “Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.” – George Washington
39 – “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.” – George Washington
40 – “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
41 – “Truth will ultimately prevail where there are pains to bring it to light.” – George Washington
42 – “My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.” – George Washington
43 – “Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.” – George Washington
