Quotes
Quotes - Washington
Labour to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire,--conscience.
To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.
'T is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.
There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.
Success is not measured by the position one has reached in life, rather by the obstacles overcome while trying to succeed.
True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.
No race can prosper till it learns there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.
Success is not measured by the position one has reached in life, rather by the obstacles overcome while trying to succeed.
I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.
Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him.
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts.
Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
'Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.
I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him. -Booker T. Washington.
I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.
To be prepared for War is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.
No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.
Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
Do not conceive that fine clothes make fine men, any more than fine feathers make fine birds. A plain, genteel dress is more admired, obtains more credit in the eyes of the judicious and sensible.
