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Quotes by George Washington
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.— filed under Conscience
To persevere in one's duty, and to be silent is the best answer to calumny,— filed under Evil Speaking
I make it my constant prayer that God would most graciously be pleased to dispose us all to do justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that charity, humility, and pacific temper of mind, which were the characteristics of the Divine Author of our blessed religion; without a humble imitation of whose example in these things, we can never hope to be a happy nation.— filed under Holiness
Human society reposes on religion. Civilization without it would be like the lights that play in the northern sky - a momentary flash on the face of darkness ere it again settles into eternal night. Wit and wisdom, sublime poetry and lofty philosophy, cannot save a nation, else ancient Greece had never perished. Valor, law, ambition, cannot preserve a people, else Rome had still been mistress of the world. The nation that loses faith in God and man loses not only its most precious jewel, but its most purifying and conserving force. Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert those pillars of human happiness, those firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.— filed under National
Nothing is a greater sacrilege than to prostitute the great name of God to the petulance of an idle tongue. The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low, that every person of sense and character detests and despises it.— filed under Profanity