Famous Quotes

"Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all."

George Washington on History

More quotes about History

• "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

  Confucius on History

• "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew."

  Abraham Lincoln on History

• "A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history."

  Mahatma Gandhi on History

• "The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little."

  Franklin D. Roosevelt on History

• "I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past."

  Thomas Jefferson on History

More quotes by George Washington

• "Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for it is better to be alone than in bad company."

• "It is better to be alone than in bad company."

• "It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company."

• "Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive."

• "My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her."