C.C. Franklin Quotes

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

God may allow us at times to hit rock bottom, to show us He's the rock-at the bottom.

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.

Whatever is stealing your peace and rocking your boat, what ever is taking your smile away, reach down, pick it up, and throw it overboard.

We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It's our basic human right.

If your past is limited, your future is boundless.

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.

What America needs now is a drink.

Be your own artist, and always be confident in what youre doing. If youre not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it.

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.

If the devil starts bringing up your past it's because he's running out of new material!

Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.

There is nothing left to do but get drunk.

It must be felt that there is no national security but in the nation's humble, acknowledged dependence upon God and His overruling providence.

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.

While men inhabiting different parts of this vast continent cannot be expected to hold the same opinions, they can unite in a common objective and sustain common principles.

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

The truth is you and I are in control of only two things - how we prepare for what might happen and how we respond to what just happened. The moment when things actually do happen belongs to God.

You're rich according to what you are, not according to what you have!

No matter what storm you face, you need to know God loves you. He has not abandoned you.

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.

Never speak words that allow the enemy to think he's winning.

Don't downgrade your dream to match your reality. Upgrade your faith to match your destiny.

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

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.

Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?

We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.

We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.

Genius is the ability to hold one's vision steady until it becomes reality

Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.

We wish to discuss a structure for the salt of deoxyribose nucleic acid. D.N.A. This structure has novel features which are of considerable biologic interest.

A good conscience is a continual Christmas.

Give me yesterday's bread, this day's flesh, and last year's cider

Go for the moon. If you don't get it, you'll still be heading for a star. Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of the creative effort.

There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

When the well is dry, we know the worth of water.

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

We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.

Lighthouses are more helpful than churches.

Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.