With the situation as gray as it could be, no one was more conspicuous in his calm presence of mind than Washington. They must be “cool but determined” he had told the men before the battle, when spirits were high. Now, in the face of catastrophe, he was demonstrating what he meant by his own example. Whatever anger or torment or despair he felt, he kept to himself.

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

Those who are healed become the instruments of healing.

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.

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

They must be cool but determined…he threatened instant death to any man who showed cowardice.

"For both excessive and insufficient exercise destroy one's strength, and both eating and drinking too much or too little destroy health, whereas the right quantity produces, increases or preserves it. So it is the same with temperance, courage and the other virtues...

This much then, is clear: in all our conduct it is the mean that is to be commended."

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

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

The first of all qualities of a general is courage.

Hurry was the order of the day, every day.

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