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• The first of all qualities of a general is courage.

  ~ David McCullough quotes from 1776

  Motivational Quotes on: General, Courage

• Washington was a man of exceptional, almost excessive self-command, rarely permitting himself any show of discouragement or despair.

  ~ David McCullough quotes from 1776

  Inspirational Quotes on: Courage, Command, Despair, Exceptional

• [On Knox:]…despite…repeated mishaps that would have broken lesser spirits several times over.

  ~ David McCullough quotes from 1776

  Motivational Quotes on: Spirit

• …Had proven himself a leader of remarkable ability, a man not only of enterprising ideas, but with the staying power to carry them out.

  ~ David McCullough quotes from 1776

  Famous Quotes on: Sin, Yin, Power, Leader

• The preparations were elaborate and mammoth in scale, and Washington threw himself into the effort, demanding that not an hour be lost.

  ~ David McCullough quotes from 1776

  Motivational Quotes on: Effort, Labor, Preparation, Demand

• It was an utterly phenomenal achievement.

  ~ David McCullough quotes from 1776

  Self-Development Quotes on: Achievement, Achieve

• My God these fellows have done more work in one night than I could make my army do in three months.

  ~ David McCullough quotes from 1776

  Inspirational Quotes on: God, Work

• Just as he had shown no signs of despair when prospects looked bleak, he now showed no elation in what he wrote or in his outward manner or comments.

  ~ David McCullough quotes from 1776

  Motivational Quotes on: War, Despair

• He had kept his head, kept his health and his strength, bearing up under a weight of work and worry that only a few could have carried.

  ~ David McCullough quotes from 1776

  Famous Quotes on: Worry, Health, Work, Strength

• Hurry was the order of the day, every day.

  ~ David McCullough quotes from 1776