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
So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business; but to these we must add frugality if we would make our industry more certainly successful. A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose all his life to the grindstone, and die not worth a grout at last.
Would you live with ease, do what you should, and not what you please. Success has ruined many a man.
Applause waits on success.
Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.
Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.
You will find the key to success under the alarm clock.
If everyone is thinking alike, then no one is thinking.
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily cracked, and never well mended.
Well done is better than well said.
God helps those who help themselves.
Change is the only constant in life. Ones ability to adapt to those changes will determine your success in life.
In success be moderate.
Thirteen virtues necessary for true success: temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness, tranquility, chastity, and humility.
Success has ruined many a man.