George Washington | Founding Father

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

"Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness."

"LIBERTY, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth."

"A bad war is fought with a good mind."

"Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgment to others with modesty."

"99% percent of failures are the ones who make excuses."

"Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process."

"I'll die on my feet before I'll live on my knees!"

"To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country."

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

"It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one."

"Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for ‘tis better to be alone than in bad company."

"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."

"Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience."

"Nothing can illustrate these observations more forcibly than a recollection of the happy conjuncture of times and circumstances, under which our Republic assumed its rank among the Nations."

"No punishment is too great for the man who can build his greatness upon his country's ruin."

"The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible."

"The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph."

"Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages."

"Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world."