Benjamin Franklin Quotes

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned.

Well done is better than well said.

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

You can do anything you set your mind to.

If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.

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

Women are books, and men the readers be.

If everyone is thinking alike, then no one is thinking.

Common sense is something that everyone needs, few have, and none think they lack.

Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.

I never knew a man who was good at making excuses who was good at anything else.

They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

He who would trade liberty for some temporary security, deserves neither liberty nor security.

Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.

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

Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.

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

Those Who Sacrifice Liberty For Security Deserve Neither.

Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.

In free governments the rulers are the servants, and the people their superiors and sovereigns.

Security without liberty is called prison.

Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature.

It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

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

Make yourself sheep and the wolves will eat you.

If you do tomorrow what you did today , you will get tomorrow what you got today

A Brother may not be a Friend, but a Friend will always be a Brother.

A nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved. It is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins.” Benjamin Franklin

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

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.

Fear God, and your enemies will fear you.

I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion about the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it.

Lost Time is never found again.

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

Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords.

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.

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.

The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.

The man who does things makes mistakes, but he doesn't make the biggest mistake of all-doing nothing.

By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid only of standing still.

For every minute spent in organizing, an hour is earned.

Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.