Benjamin Franklin Quotes Page 2

“Life biggest tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.”

“Little minds think and talk about people.
Average minds think and talk about things and actions.
Great minds think and talk about ideas.”

“Little rogues easily become great ones.”

“Little strokes fell great oaks.”

“Make yourself sheep and the wolves will eat you.”

“Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants.”

“Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five.”

“Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants.”

“Money makes money. And the money that money makes, makes money.”

“Most men die from the neck up at age twenty-five because they stop dreaming.”

“Never confuse motion with action.”

“Never read a book without a pen in your hand.”

“Never ruin an apology with an excuse.”

“Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.”

“Security without liberty is called prison.”

“Take the money in your wallet and invest it in your mind. And in return, your mind will fill up your wallet!”

“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.”

“The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness;
to an opponent, tolerance;
to a friend, your heart;
to your child, a good example;
to a father, deference;
to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you;
to yourself, respect;
to all others, charity.”

“There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one’s self.”

“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”

“To find out a girl's faults, praise her to her girlfriends.”

“Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest.”

“Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away.”

“Two passions have powerful influence on the affairs of men: the love of power and the love of money.”

“War is when the government tells you who the bad guy is. Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.”

“We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.”

“Well done is better than well said.”

“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
When you're down to nothing, God is up to something. The faithful see the invisible, believe the incredible and then receive the impossible.
Where liberty dwells there is my country.”

“When you're testing to see how deep water is, never use two feet.”

“Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.”