“We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.”
"My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her."
- George Washington
Love
"The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive the Veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation."
- George Washington
Awareness
"The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion."
- George Washington
Awareness
"While we are zealously performing the duties of good citizens and soldiers, we certainly ought not to be inattentive to the higher duties of religion. To the distinguished character of Patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian."
- George Washington
Belief
"We take the star from Heaven, the red from our mother country, separating it by white stripes, thus showing that we have separated from her, and the white stripes shall go down to posterity representing liberty."
- George Washington
Belief
"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward."
- Vernon Sanders Law
Learning from Mistakes
"A man who has committed a mistake and doesn’t correct it is committing another mistake."
- Confucius Kongzi
Learning from Mistakes
"The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way."
- Dale Carnegie
Learning from Mistakes
"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new."
- Albert Einstein
Learning from Mistakes
"Every defeat every heartbreak every loss contains its own seed, Its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time."
- Og Mandino
Learning from Mistakes