Is there anything men take more pains about than to render themselves unhappy? Benjamin Franklin More Quotes by Benjamin Franklin More Quotes From Benjamin Franklin They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin security-and-freedomsacrificeliberty 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 Benjamin Franklin freedomwisdomeducation Thirteen virtues necessary for true success: temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness, tranquility, chastity, and humility. Benjamin Franklin humilitysuccessorder 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. Benjamin Franklin moneywittyhappiness All highly competent people continually search for ways to keep learning, growing, and improving. They do that by asking WHY. After all, the person who knows HOW will always have a job, but the person who knows WHY will always be the boss. Benjamin Franklin asking-whyjobspeople Genius is the ability to hold one's vision steady until it becomes reality Benjamin Franklin visiongeniusreality A people who chose security over liberty will receive neither nor deserve either. Benjamin Franklin securitylibertypeople Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn. Benjamin Franklin learningignoranceinspirational In free governments the rulers are the servants, and the people their superiors and sovereigns. Benjamin Franklin servantgovernmentpeople Change is the only constant in life. Ones ability to adapt to those changes will determine your success in life. Benjamin Franklin success-in-lifeabilityconstant Fear God, and your enemies will fear you. Benjamin Franklin poor-richardfear-godenemy 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. Benjamin Franklin upliftinginspirationalrelationship Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest. Benjamin Franklin deceptionpoliticalpractice In my youth, I traveled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer. Benjamin Franklin governmentdifferentcountry There are two ways to increase your wealth. Increase your means or decrease your wants. The best is to do both at the same time. Benjamin Franklin wanttwomean The rapid progress of the sciences makes me sorry, at times, that I was born so soon. Imagine the power that man will have over matter, a few hundred years from now. We may learn how to remove gravity from large masses, and float them over great distances. Agriculture will double its produce with less labor. All diseases will surely be cured... even old age. If only the moral sciences could be improved as well. Perhaps men would cease to be wolves to one another... and human beings could learn to be human. Benjamin Franklin distancesorrymen Security without liberty is called prison. Benjamin Franklin patrioticlibertyprison Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords. Benjamin Franklin plowingright-to-bear-armsgun Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God. Benjamin Franklin rebelliontyrantsconservative By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid only of standing still. Benjamin Franklin growinggrowthworld
