"Be courteous to all but intimate with few and let those few be well tried" - George Washington

🤝 Friendship

“Be courteous to all but intimate with few and let those few be well tried”

Washington counsels careful selection of close companions.

“Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.”

— George Washington

“Every post is honorable in which a man can serve his country.”

— George Washington

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

— George Washington

“I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.”

— George Washington

“The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.”

— George Washington

“Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation.”

— George Washington