Benjamin Franklin Quotes
Browse 62 quotes from Benjamin Franklin, featuring insights on success, personal growth, leadership, mindset, and achievement.
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“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”
“Fatigue is the best pillow.”
“He who rises late, trots all day long.”
“To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.”
“He that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities.”
“Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.”
“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.”
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
“There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.”
“The best investment is in the tools of one's own trade.”
“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.”
“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”
“The way to see Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason.”
“A penny saved is a penny earned.”
“Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?”
“The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance.”
“A place for everything, everything in its place.”
“We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.”
“When the well is dry, we know the worth of water.”
“He that can have patience can have what he will.”
“Drive thy business or it will drive thee.”
“Little strokes fell great oaks.”
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”
“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”
“A long life is not good enough, but a good life is long enough.”
“Time is money.”
“Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.”
“To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.”
“If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.”
“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”
“The way to wealth depends on just two words, industry and frugality.”
“Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.”
“Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.”
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.”
“When in doubt, don't.”
“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.”
“Lost time is never found again.”
“The things that hurt, instruct.”
“Never ruin an apology with an excuse.”
“Do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.”
“God helps those that help themselves.”
“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.”
“He that cannot obey, cannot command.”
“Do not anticipate trouble or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.”
“He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.”
“Energy and persistence conquer all things.”
“The early morning has gold in its mouth.”
“The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is knowledge of our own ignorance.”
“Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.”
“Energy and persistence conquer all things.”
“I didn't fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.”
“If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.”
“You may delay, but time will not.”
“It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.”
“He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.”
“Well done is better than well said.”
“A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.”
“One today is worth two tomorrows.”
“Never leave till tomorrow that which you can do today.”
“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”
“Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.”
