Benjamin Franklin Quotes
The article provides inspirational and food for thought quotes from Benjamin Franklin. Franklin is one of the founding fathers of America and a true American patriot. He is also an inventor, a scientist and a prolific writer.
“Humility makes great men honorable.”
“He is ill clothed, who is bare of virtue.”
“Industry need not wish.”
“There are no gains without pains.”
“Fools multiply folly.”
“God helps them that help themselves.”
“Have you somewhat to do tomorrow, do it today.”
“Deny self for self’s sake.”
“Experience keeps a dear school, yet fools will learn in no other.”
“Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”
“To err is human, to repent divine, to persist devilish.”
“Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.”
“Distrust and caution are the parents of security.”
“Truth never fears the encounter, and she triumphs by her natural strength.”
“Laziness travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him.”
“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”
“Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease.”
“Be always ashamed to catch yourself idle.”
“Employ thy time well if thou meanest to gain leisure.”
“For age and want, save while you may; No morning sun lasts a whole day.”
“When the well’s dry, they know the worth of water.”
“A false friend and a shadow attend only when the sun shines.”
“Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.”
“Be not niggardly of what costs thee nothing, as courtesy, counsel and countenance.”
“They that won’t be counseled, can’t be helped.”
“An honest man will receive neither money nor praise that is not his due.”
“How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults.”
“Better is a little with content than much with contention.”
“Learning is to the studious, and riches to the careful, as well as power to the bold, and Heaven to the virtuous.”
“If thou has wit and learning, add to it wisdom and modesty.”
“Silence is not always a sign of wisdom, but babbling is ever a mark of folly.”
“Idleness is the greatest prodigality.”
“Half the truth is often a great lie.”
“Haste makes waste.”
“Great talkers, little doers.”
“Idleness is a Dead Sea that swallow all virtues.”
“Great almsgiving lessens no man’s living.”
“God heals, and the doctor takes the fees.”
“He that cannot obey cannot command.”
“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that’s the stuff life is made of.”