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Quote DB :: Authors :: George Washington :: View Quote View Quote "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." - Copy to Clipboard   --  George Washington Listed in: Virtue Add Quote To Your Quote List   Rating: 3.5  Rate Quote 6 votes submitted Your Name: Friend's Email: Sponsored Links Top 5 quotes from George Washington "Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness." "Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company." "The Nation which indulges toward another an habitual hatred or an habitual fondness is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest." "Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." "Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation." Top 5 quotes from Virtue "I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do. That is character!" "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." "There is not enough darkness in all the world to put out the light of even one small candle." "Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see." "Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heal that has crushed it."

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