George Washington Quotes about Friendship

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Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

George Washington

Inspirational, Friendship, Positive

George Washington, Jared Sparks (1834). “The Writings of George Washington: pt. I. Official letters relating to the French war, and private letters before the American revolution: March, 1754-May, 1775”, p.413

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

George Washington

Friendship, Best Friend, Confidence

George Washington (1852). “The Life of General Washington: First President of the United States”, p.94

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few.

George Washington

Friendship, Best Friend, Intimate Relationships

George Washington (1852). “The life of General Washington: first president of the United States”, p.94

True friendship is a plant of slow growth.

George Washington

Friendship, Family, True Friend

George Washington (1855). “Maxims of Washington: Political, Social, Moral, and Religious”, p.239

Be not forward, but friendly and courteous; the first to salute, hear and answer; and be not pensive when it is time to converse.

George Washington

Friendship, Friendly, Answers

George Washington, Jared Sparks (1834). “The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private, Selected and Published from the Original Manuscripts”, p.414

I can never think of promoting my convenience at the expense of a friend's interest and inclination.

George Washington

Friendship, Thinking, Convenience

George Washington (1855). “Maxims of Washington: Political, Social, Moral, and Religious”, p.310

[It] is the juvenal period of life when friendships are formed, and habits established, that will stick by one.

George Washington

Friendship, Sticks, Youth

George Washington, David Maydole Matteson, United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission (1931). “The writings of George Washington from the original manuscript sources, 1745-1799”

True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation.

George Washington

Friendship, True Friend, Inspiration

George Washington, Jared Sparks (1835). “The Writings of George Washington: pt. II. Correspondence and miscellaneous papers relating to the American revolution: (v. 3) June, 1775-July, 1776. (v. 4) July, 1776-July] 1777. (v. 5) July, 1777-July, 1778. (v. 6) July, 1778-March, 1780. (v. 7) March, 1780-April, 1781. (v. 8) April, 1781-December, 1783”, p.374

Letters of friendship require no study.

George Washington

Friendship, Letters, Study

George Washington (1855). “Maxims of Washington: Political, Social, Moral, and Religious”, p.240

The friendship I have conceived will not be impaired by absence; but it may be no unpleasing circumstance to brighten the chain by a renewal of the covenant.

George Washington

Friendship, Covenant, May

George Washington (1855). “Maxims of Washington: Political, Social, Moral and Religious”, p.242