Life Quotes by George Washington

Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserts the oaths . . . ?

— George Washington

My manner of living is plain and I do not mean to be put out of it. A glass of wine and…

— George Washington

[It] is the juvenal period of life when friendships are formed, and habits established, that will stick by one.

— George Washington

..the establishment of Civil and Religious Liberty was the Motive that induced me to the field of battle.

— George Washington

I will move gently down the stream of life until I sleep with my fathers.

— George Washington

Unwilling am I, in the evening of a life nearly consumed in public cares, to quit a peaceful abode for an Ocean…

— George Washington

We should amuse our evening hours of life in cultivating the tender plants, and bringing them to perfection, before they are transplanted…

— George Washington

I commend you, however, for passing the time in as merry a manner as you possibly could; it is assuredly better to…

— George Washington

Life is always uncertain, and common prudence dictates to every man the necessity of settling his temporal concerns, while it is in…

— George Washington

I consider it an indispensible duty to close this last solemn act of my official life by commending the interests of our…

— George Washington

Rise early, that by habit it may become familiar, agreeable, healthy, and profitable. It may, for a while, be irksome to do…

— George Washington

I am not only retired from all public employments, but I am retiring within myself, and shall be able to view the…

— George Washington

Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action; and bidding an Affectionate farewell to this…

— George Washington

To place any dependence upon militia is assuredly resting upon a broken staff. Men just dragged from the tender scenes of domestic…

— George Washington

The truth of the matter is one knows what it's like being the president. Not I, nor any president to come hence.…

— George Washington

Let it simply be asked where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserts…

— George Washington

At my age, and in my circumstances, what sinister object, or personal emolument had I to seek after, in this life? The…

— George Washington

For myself the delay [in assuming the office of the President] may be compared with a reprieve; for in confidence I assure…

— George Washington

To point out the importance of circumspection in your conduct, it may be proper to observe that a good moral character is…

— George Washington

We ought not to look back, unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting…

— George Washington

If the minority, and a small one too, is suffered to dictate to the majority, after measures have undergone the most solemn…

— George Washington

“For myself the delay may be compared with a reprieve; for in confidence I assure you, with the world it would obtain…

— George Washington

You do well to wish to learn our arts and ways of life, and above all, the religion of Jesus Christ. These…

— George Washington

The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance…

— George Washington

My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit, who is going to…

— George Washington

The Arts and Sciences, essential to the prosperity of the State and to the ornament of human life, have a primary claim…

— George Washington

A people contending for life and liberty are seldom disposed to look with a favorable eye upon either men or measures whose…

— George Washington

Not only do I pray for it, on the score of human dignity, but I can clearly forsee that nothing but the…

— George Washington

“My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute my success…

— George Washington

[T]he first transactions of a nation, like those of an individual upon his first entrance into life make the deepest impression, and…

— George Washington

My manner of living is plain. I do not mean to be put out of it. A glass of wine and a…

— George Washington

At this auspicious period, the United States came into existence as a Nation; and if their Citizens should not be completely free…

— George Washington

“Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action; and bidding an Affectionate farewell to this…

— George Washington