Time Quotes by George Washington

Like as a wise man in time of peace prepares for war.

— George Washington

The future of this nation depends on the Christian training of our youth.

— George Washington

Offensive operations, often times, is the surest, if not the only means of defence.

— George Washington

Providence has at all times been my only dependence, for all other resources seemed to have failed us.

— George Washington

It is at all times more easy to make enemies than friends.

— George Washington

It is much easier at all times to prevent an evil than to rectify mistakes.

— George Washington

Reason, too late perhaps, may convince you of the folly of misspending time.

— George Washington

[L]eave nothing to the uncertainty of procuring a warlike apparatus at the moment of public danger.

— George Washington

One's god dictates the kind of law one implements and also controls the application and development of that law over time. Given…

— George Washington

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the…

— 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

The Constitution which at any time exists, 'till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole People is sacredly obligatory…

— George Washington

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force...Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.

— George Washington

Let me ask you, sir, when is the time for brave men to exert themselves in the cause of liberty and their…

— George Washington

No pecuniary consideration is more urgent, than the regular redemption and discharge of the public debt: on none can delay be more…

— George Washington

I never have to grope for methods. The method is revealed at the moment I am inspired to create something new. Without…

— George Washington

We must never despair; our situation has been compromising before, and it has changed for the better; so I trust it will…

— George Washington

I wish the constitution, which is offered, had been made more perfect; but I sincerely believe it is the best that could…

— George Washington

The inducements of interest for observing [neutral] conduct . . . has been to endeavour to gain time to our country to…

— George Washington

“No pecuniary consideration is more urgent, than the regular redemption and discharge of the public debt: on none can delay be more…

— George Washington

Avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of peace to…

— George Washington

No morn ever dawned more favorable than ours did; and no day was every more clouded than the present! Wisdom, and good…

— George Washington

“Of Congress, "party disputes and personal quarrels are the great business of the day whilst the momentous concerns of an empire...are but…

— George Washington

..avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of peace to…

— George Washington

The art of war is at once comprehensive and complicated; ... it demands much previous study; and ... the possession of it,…

— George Washington

No pecuniary consideration is more urgent, than the regular redemption and discharge of the public debt: on none can delay be more…

— George Washington

“It is of infinite moment, that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union to your collective and individual…

— George Washington

The time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves; whether they are…

— George Washington

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

— George Washington

If we desire to secure peace...it must be known that we are at all times ready for war.

— George Washington

Three things prompt men to a regular discharge of their duty in time of action: natural bravery, hope of reward, and fear…

— George Washington

In the composition of the human frame there is a good deal of inflammable matter, however dormant it may lie for a…

— George Washington

It is on great occasions only, and after time has been given for cool and deliberate reflection, that the real voice of…

— 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

The determinations of Providence are always wise, often inscrutable; and, though its decrees appear to bear hard upon us at times, is…

— George Washington

We are not to expect perfection in this world; but mankind, in modern times, have apparently made some progress in the science…

— George Washington

Be not forward, but friendly and courteous; the first to salute, hear and answer; and be not pensive when it is time…

— George Washington

There is no practice more dangerous than that of borrowing money; for when money can be had in this way, repayment is…

— George Washington

Men of real talents in Arms have commonly approved themselves patrons of the liberal arts and friends to the poets, of their…

— George Washington

However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become…

— George Washington