Benjamin Franklin Quotes
Bio:
Benjamin Franklin lived 84 years, but made an impact on the world far greater than you would think one man could make in a lifetime. He lived from 1706 until 1790. Ben Franklin was one of the most well-known Founding Fathers of the United States. Benjamin Franklin was a leading author, printer, scientist, politician, publisher, inventor, philosopher, civic activist, and diplomat. As a scientist Ben Franklin was a major figure in the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity.
Benjamin Franklin Attitude Quotes
Energy and persistence conquer all things.
Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.
Comments:
Don´t waste time dreaming up concoctions of things and worse case scenarios. Life is too short for that. – Kevin H.
Anger is never without Reason, but seldom with a good one.
Watch what you say / Being Tactful
A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over.
Comments:
Unfortunately, once you say something, you cannot hit rewind and take it back. Especially when you are mad, try to take a minute and think about what you want to say before you say it. – Andrew D.
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.
Debt:
Creditors have better memories than debtors.
If you would know the value of money, go try to borrow some; for he that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing.
Comments:
This is a great quote of why you want to work towards being debt free. In most cases if you are in debt, you are a slave to that debt. For me I have worked years to only give the money I worked for away to debtors. It is no fun to have years go by and you don’t have any more savings than you did in the beginning. – Andrew D.
Eating Habits:
To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.
Comments:
There are alot of great resources that confirm this quote. Dr. Dharma Singh Khalsa wrote a book called “Food As Medicine”. Also, I believe a must read is “Fit for Life” by Harvey Diamond & Marilyn Diamond for overall health. Especially if you are one of those people looking for a way of living that will allow you to sensibly lose weight. They talk about natural body cycles, proper food combining, and other commone sense approaches to eating. – Andrew D.
Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
Health & Rest:
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
God heals, and the doctor takes the fees.
Business:
Drive thy business or it will drive thee.
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What’s a sun-dial in the shade?
Comments:
Make the most of your talents. You have alot to offer. – Andrew D.
Learning / The value of Investing in your own education:
An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
Diligence & Not Being Lazy:
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.
Wish not so much to live long as to live well.
Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry, all things easy. He that rises late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night, while laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
Parenting:
Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future and crimes from society.
But in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
