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
You cannot always run from a weakness. You must sometime fight it out or perish.
He that hath a calling, hath an office of profit and honor.
Lost time is never found again, and what we call time enough, always proves little enough.
Motivation is when your dreams put on work clothes
A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.
Wise men learn by others' harms, fools scarcely by their own.
To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.
Diligence is the mother of good luck.
A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave.
Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.
He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.
Genius is nothing but a greater aptitude for patience.
Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five.