There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it.

—George Washington

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George Washington (February 22, 1732 [O.S. February 11, 1731] – December 14, 1799) was a Founding Father and the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. As commander of the Continental Army, Washington led Patriot forces to victory in the American Revolutionary War against the British...

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It's wonderful what we can do if we're always doing.

—George Washington

Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation, for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.

—George Washington

Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.

—George Washington

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.

—George Washington

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

—George Washington

More quotations tagged with “desire”

While we don't have much say over the desires that we have, we certainly can decide which we prefer-and then search for ways to act on that basis.

—George Bernard Shaw

He who desires is always poor.

Let your desires be ruled by reason.
(Appetitus Rationi Pareat)

In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honour, command, power, and glory.

If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it.

—Brendan Francis

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