1. I feel more terrible about our own internal strife than when our enemies plot against us.
——Washington
2. Don’t easily agree to something that you are not qualified for. Once you agree to something else, you must fulfill your promise.
——Washington
3. True friendship is a plant that grows slowly. If it leads to indulgence, the evil spirit of tyranny will seize the opportunity to invade.
——Washington
4. Friendship is like a tree. It needs to be cultivated slowly to grow a true friendship. Only after it has been tested by difficulties can the friendship be lasting.
——Washington
5. People are alive, but books are dead. Living people can read dead books, but they can read books alive. If you read a dead book to read a living person, you can read a person to death.
——Washington
6. If you read but cannot use it, the book you read is equivalent to waste paper.
——Washington
7. Your spare time life should be meaningful and don’t go off the rails.
——Washington
8. The true standard for measuring friends is their words, not their words. Those who appear to be saying nice things are actually far from this standard.
——Washington
9. I will always remember that the sword is our last resort to defend freedom and the first thing we should put down after we gain freedom.
——Washington
10. Any situation in the world has its advantages and fun, as long as we are willing to accept the reality.
——Washington
11. If freedom leads to indulgence, the devil of tyranny will take the opportunity to invade.
——Washington
12. Once freedom takes root, it is a rapidly growing plant.
——Washington
13. I hope that I will have enough firmness and virtue to maintain the most enviable title of all: an honest man.
——Washington
14. When only one side of a story is heard and a story is repeated often, the human brain becomes confused by its presentation.
——Washington
15. Love is a very beautiful thing; but like all other delicious things, it becomes boring when eaten too much; when the initial passion fades When - and this is bound to happen - it is often too late to think more calmly. This suggests that it should not be considered a necessary factor for marital happiness, since marital happiness is caused by a variety of reasons.
——Washington
16. Happiness depends more on the internal framework of one's own thoughts than on external things in the world. ——Washington
17. My mother is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. I owe everything I have to my mother. All my achievements in life are due to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.
——Washington
18. No one can belittle us except ourselves. If we are strong, no bad influence can defeat us.
——Washington
19. We cannot always create a better future for our youth, but we can create a better future for our young generation.
——Washington
20. All harmony and balance, health and fitness, success and happiness are produced and caused by the upward psychology of optimism and hope.
——Washington
21. No matter what method is used to gain reputation, if there is no character to support it, the reputation will eventually be destroyed.
——Washington
22. Try to keep the spark called conscience in your heart never extinguished.
——Washington
23. If you value your reputation, you should associate with the virtuous; because it is better to live in isolation than to live in a low position.
——Washington
24. Letting children feel that family is the happiest place in the world is a wise approach for educated adults in the past. This wonderful family sentiment, in my opinion, is as precious as the most exquisite gifts that adults give to children.
——Washington
25. Don’t let your good nature lead you to say yes when you should say no.
——Washington