C.C. Franklin Quotes

An honest Man will receive neither Money nor Praise that is not his due.

In a democratic nation, power must be linked with responsibility, and obliged to defend and justify itself within the framework of the general good.

He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book.

All Government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be transplanted into the public service.

Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?

Pay what you owe and you'll know what's your own.

Wish not so much to live long as to live well.

Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues

And so we have to be careful with looking at additional stimulus that we don't provoke an increase in the bond rate and then offset a lot of the stimulus we've already got.

I saw the Supremes when they were still singing in little black skirts and white blouses.

I looked around for God's judgments, but saw no signs of them.

What I am to be, I am now becoming.

Well, I think the best form would be to put money directly in the pockets of consumers.

Reading was the only amusement I allowed myself

Man hovers between Paradise and the Pit.

Anger and folly walk cheeck by jowl.

The earth incites the wonder and admiration of man even though he is imperfect and his understanding greatly limited.

Fasting is like spring cleaning for your body.

It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.

Take one thing with another, and the world is a pretty good sort of a world, and it is our duty to make the best of it, and be thankful.

Today the eyes of orthodox Jews of earth are fixed upon Palestine.

Many times the rewards of fasting come after the fast, though from time to time answers can come during the fast.

You can't tell anyone anything. You have to teach people for them to remember. Let the person experience what you are teaching and they will learn.

In the career of a prodigy there invariably comes a time when it is compelled to relinquish being very clever for a child, and has to enter the business of life in competition with adults.

He that riseth late, must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night.

Out of adversity comes opportunity.

Fast, worship, and seek Him.

Wise men learn by others' harms, fools scarcely by their own.

Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home.

'tis his honesty that brought upon him the character of a heretic.

The hopes of the Republic cannot forever tolerate either undeserved poverty or self-serving wealth.

To bear other people's afflictions, everyone has courage and enough to spare.

Our whole life is but a greater and longer childhood.

In the order named, these are the hardest to control - wine, women and song.

If a song's about something I've experienced or that could've happened to me it's good. But if it's alien to me, I couldn't lend anything to it. Because that's what soul is all about.

A good leader can't get too far ahead of his followers.

Truth travels slowly and gets weaker as it goes. Suitable lies are strong and run faster.

I am a mortal enemy to arbitrary government and unlimited power.

The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.

If you give up your freedom for safety, you don't deserve either one

Waking up in the morning, you didn't have to even think, you did it. Being able to get to work, didn't even have to think, you did it. That's miraculous.

Remember, that six pounds a year is but a groat a day.

An investment in education always pays the highest returns.

It is the purpose of the government to see that not only the legitimate interests of the few are protected but that the welfare and rights of the many are conserved.

It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth.

The hand that held the dagger has struck it into the back of its neighbor.

Cold & cunning come from the north: But cunning sans wisdom is nothing worth.

That's what I love about being mayor. Even if the problem is getting the cat out of the tree - from that to the biggest problem, you're in charge. No ambiguity. Leaders lead.

When circumstances don't fit our ideas they become our difficulties

Human happiness comes not from infrequent pieces of good fortune, but from the small improvements to daily life.