30+ Timeless Quotes from George Washington That Will Inspire You to Lead with Honor and Virtue!

Here are 30+ motivational quotes from George Washington, each in a single line:

1. "Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected."
2. "The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph."
3. "It is better to be alone than in bad company."
4. "Discipline is the soul of an army."
5. "To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace."
6. "Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation."
7. "My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth."
8. "The Constitution is the guide which I will never abandon."
9. "Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors."
10. "Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages."
11. "We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience."
12. "It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one."
13. "The best means of forming a manly, virtuous, and happy people will be found in the right education of youth."
14. "Be courteous to all, but intimate with few."
15. "The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments."
16. "Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism."
17. "Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth."
18. "My ardent desire is, and my aim has been, to comply strictly with all our engagements foreign and domestic."
19. "A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government."
20. "The necessity of procuring good intelligence is apparent and need not be further urged."
21. "Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all."
22. "The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive the Veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation."
23. "The company in which you will improve most will be the least expensive to you."
24. "Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light."
25. "Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience."
26. "Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder."
27. "I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man."
28. "In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude; every man will speak as he thinks, or more properly without thinking."
29. "It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible."
30. "It is better to be alone than in bad company."
31. "It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one."
32. "Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages."
33. "The Constitution is the guide which I will never abandon."
34. "The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments."
35. "To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace."
36. "Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble."
37. "We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting.