It is not in the power of any man to command success; but you have done more — you have deserved it.
Category: George Washington
George Washington (February 22, 1732 [O.S. February 11, 1731] – December 14, 1799) was the first President of the United States (1789–97), the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
I hope I shall always possess firmness and virtueenough to maintain what I consider the mostenviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.
Prosperity destroys fools and endangers the wise.
My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty . . . it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein.
Reason, too late perhaps, may convince you of the folly in misspending time.
To err is nature, to rectify error is glory.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.