C.C. Franklin Quotes

Never praise your cider or your horse

If your faith won't fit in the door that opens, then I argue do not walk through that door.

The revenue of the country, levied almost insensibly to the taxpayer, goes on from year to year, increasing beyond either the interests or the prospective wants of the Government.

Order - Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time.

The rotten apple spoils his companion.

It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.

Commit to a career built on sacrifice, not compromise.

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.

Just being the son of Billy Graham won't get me into heaven.

Be temperate in wine, in eating, girls, & sloth; Or the Gout will seize you and plague you both.

I am not the flag: not at all. I am but its shadow.

To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.

Don't take shortcuts; if I want to be true to my beliefs, then shortcuts do not exist.

Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt.

The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise.

Islam is an evil and wicked religion.

An education is the investment with the greatest returns.

The secret to tapping into the supernatural is for you to have the courage to do the natural first.

Women have broken through the glass ceiling, and they're now more and more in the power seats.

I therefore beg leave to move that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessing on our deliberations, be held in this Assembly every morning.

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.

If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.

Take time for all things.

My stars and my stripes are your dream and your labors.

I feel like you only need one moment of inspiration to turn your life around.

Don't let the best you have done so far be the standard for the rest of your life.

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

Above all, try something

A little neglect may breed great mischief.

Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things

He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.

You made delay, but time will not, and lost time is never found again.

The securest place is a prison cell, but there is no liberty

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

One feels the excitement of hearing an untold story.

So my hope and prayer is that people will be impacted by the realization that miracles are everywhere and that God uses them to communicate to us that we're not alone, and that we do have help.

What can laws do without morals?

Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright.

Clean your finger before you point at my spots.

Let each new year find you a better person.

The way to wealth depends on just two words, industry and frugality.

The fate of America cannot depend on any one man. The greatness of America is grounded in principles and not on any single personality.

Among American citizens, there should be no forgotten men and no forgotten races.

Doing your best means never stop trying.

A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

Handle your tools without mittens.

Fasting will break poverty from your life.

God helps them that help themselves.

The writing of history reflects the interests, predilections, and even prejudices of a given generation.