C.C. Franklin Quotes

Sloth and Silence are a Fool's Virtues

Serving God is doing good to man, but praying is thought an easier service and therefore more generally chosen.

I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.

There was never a good war, or a bad peace.

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.

A nod from a lord is a breakfast for a fool.

He was so learned that he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride on.

Growing up in the church in West Virginia, faith is always there. It's part of the fabric of the culture.

I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.

People are drawn to radical Islam because they feel their traditional ways of life threatened by the influx of KFC and Hollywood movies and the like.

Constant complaint is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy.

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes it.

Many foxes grow gray but few grow good.

We can all humbly say in the sincerity of faith, "I am loved; I am called; I am secure."

Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning.

He that pursues two hares at once, does not catch one and lets the other go.

Your best investment is to pour your purse into your head, and no one can take it away from you.

To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift.

While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us.

When Wine enters, out goes the Truth.

We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.

There are many roads to success, but only one sure road to failure; and that is to try to please everyone else.

There are lazy minds as well as lazy bodies.

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

Day after day, night after night, my life at home is far from bright, but even home has more variety, than I can find in cafe society.

The man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.

Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.

December 7, 1941. A date which will live in infamy.

Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes.

A penny saved is twopence dear; A pin a day 's a groat a year.

The American People in their Righteous Might will win through to Absolute Victory.

Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom.

He that would fish, must venture his bait.

To reach a port we must set sail

I never turned to drink. It seemed to turn to me.

Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have either one.

If you want a thing done - go. If not - send.

If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him.

A war of ideas can no more be won without books than a naval war can be won without ships. Books, like ships, have the toughest armor, the longest cruising range, and mount the most powerful guns.

Remember that credit is money.

The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The world will either move forward toward unity and widely shared prosperity - or it will move apart.

Education in the past has been too much inspiration and too little information.

Beware of that profound enemy of the free enterprise system who pays lip-service to free competition, but also labels every antitrust prosecution as a persecution.

I'm connected to religion and that's how I access God. I'm in a relationship with God that can sometimes be informed by religion, but not dependent on religion.

Little boats should keep near shore

Lost time is never found again, and what we call time enough, always proves little enough.

'Tis more noble to forgive, and more manly to despise, than to revenge an Injury.

Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel.

Since thou are not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.