68 Quotes By George Washington


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 on alone

It is better to be alone than in bad company.
George Washington on alone

It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.
George Washington on alone

Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.
George Washington on business

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 on education

Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
George Washington on experience

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 on experience

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.
George Washington on experience

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 on experience

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.
George Washington on faith

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
George Washington on freedom

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
George Washington on friendship

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 on friendship

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 on friendship

It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.
George Washington on god

Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair the rest is in the hands of God.
George Washington on god

The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that's good.
George Washington on good

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 on good

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.
George Washington on good

We are persuaded that good Christians will always be good citizens, and that where righteousness prevails among individuals the Nation will be great and happy. Thus while just government protects all in their religious rights, true religion affords to government it's surest support.
George Washington on good