Motivational Quotes

Nothing can be more hurtful to the service,

than the neglect of discipline;

for that discipline,

more than numbers,

gives one army,

the superiority over another.

The time is near at hand which must determine

whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.

I walk on untrodden ground.

There is scarcely any part of my conduct,

which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent.

Some day following the example,

of the United States of America,

there will be a United States of Europe.

There can be no greater error than to expector calculate,

upon real favors from nation to nation.

It is an illusion which experience must cure,

which a just pride ought to discard.

If we desire to avoid insult,

we must be able to repel it;

if we desire to secure peace,

one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity,

it must be known,

that we are at all times ready for War.

Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone,

and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.

True friendship is a plant of slow growth,

and must undergo and withstand,

the shocks of adversity,

before it is entitled to the appellation.

When we assumed the Soldier,

we did not lay aside the Citizen.

It is impossible to reason without arriving at a Supreme Being.

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.

My first wish is to see this plague of mankind,

banished from the earth.

The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress;

therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken

until after they shall have deliberated

upon the subject and authorized such a measure.

Mankind,

when left to themselves,

are unfit for their own government.

Laws made by common consent

must not be trampled on by individuals.

Let us with caution indulge the supposition

that morality can be maintained without religion.

Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that

national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

Be courteous to all,

but intimate with few,

and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

Liberty,

when it begins to take root,

is a plant of rapid growth.