Top 56 Quotes by George Washington

True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation.

Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by it.

Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.

My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty... it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein.

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

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

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

The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.

I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent.

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.