Benjamin Franklin Quotes
Browse 65 quotes from Benjamin Franklin, featuring insights on success, personal growth, leadership, mindset, and achievement.
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“He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.”
“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”
“One today is worth two tomorrows.”
“A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.”
“To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.”
“Energy and persistence conquer all things.”
“He that cannot obey, cannot command.”
“The way to wealth depends on just two words, industry and frugality.”
“Little strokes fell great oaks.”
“The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance.”
“You may delay, but time will not.”
“Do not anticipate trouble or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.”
“Lost time is never found again.”
“Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.”
“Do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.”
“If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.”
“When the well is dry, we know the worth of water.”
“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”
“Time is money.”
“God helps those that help themselves.”
“The early morning has gold in its mouth.”
“Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.”
“A little neglect may breed great mischief.”
“The best is cheapest.”
“Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What’s a sundial in the shade?”
“He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.”
“The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.”
“Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.”
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
“Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.”
“Never ruin an apology with an excuse.”
“It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.”
“When in doubt, don't.”
“He who rises late, trots all day long.”
“There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one’s self.”
“Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.”
“Well done is better than well said.”
“A place for everything, everything in its place.”
“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.”
“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”
“He that can have patience can have what he will.”
“The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is knowledge of our own ignorance.”
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”
“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.”
“If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do things worth writing.”
“He that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities.”
“We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.”
“He that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night.”
“Fatigue is the best pillow.”
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”
“To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.”
“Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.”
“The best investment is in the tools of one's own trade.”
“If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.”
“If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect.”
“A long life is not good enough, but a good life is long enough.”
“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”
“A penny saved is a penny earned.”
“Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.”
“Never leave till tomorrow that which you can do today.”
“The things that hurt, instruct.”
“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.”
“Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.”
“Drive thy business or it will drive thee.”
“Remember, that money is of the prolific, generating nature. Money can beget money, and its offspring can beget more.”
