Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklinwas one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A renowned polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. As an inventor, he is known for the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove, among other inventions. He facilitated many civic organizations, including...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth17 January 1706
CityBoston, MA
CountryUnited States of America
He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.
Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.
We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.
Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.
It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.
Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
A man can be beautiful physically, mentally, or personality wise. True beauty, though, is in the spirit. A genuine man who understands right and wrong, with a strong sense of self is beautiful. A man who can be compassionate and caring, but firm and wise. Someone who can do the right thing no matter who's around to see it. Even if the deed is unseen and unrecognized. That is a beautiful man. One today is worth two tomorrows.
Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good.
Watch the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves.
Think What You Do When You Run in Debt: You Give to Another Power over Your Liberty
Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." -The 5000 Year Leap