George Washington Quotes About Perfection

Quotes about: Perfection

• We must take human nature as we find it, perfection falls not to the share of mortals.

  George Washington

  Fall, Perfection, Human Nature

  George Washington, Jared Sparks (1852). “The Writings of George Washington: Life of Washington”, p.425

• And you will, by the dignity of your Conduct, afford occasion for Posterity to say, when speaking of the glorious example you have exhibited to Mankind, had this day been wanting, the World had never seen the last stage of perfection to which human nature is capable of attaining.

  George Washington

  Perfection, World, Lasts

  George Washington, Jared Sparks (1840). “The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private”, p.563

• We are not to expect perfection in this world; but mankind, in modern times, have apparently made some progress in the science of government.

  George Washington

  Government, Perfection, Progress

  George Washington, Jared Sparks (1835). “The Writings of George Washington: pt.III. Private letters from the time Washington resigned his commission as commander-in-chief of the army to that of his inauguration as president of the United States: December, 1783-April, 1789. 1835”, p.318

• We should amuse our evening hours of life in cultivating the tender plants, and bringing them to perfection, before they are transplanted to a happier clime.

  George Washington

  Children, Perfection, Evening

  George Washington (1858). “The Writings: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private, Selected and Published from the Original Manuscripts : with a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations”, p.5

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