Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jeffersonwas an American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence. He was elected the second Vice President of the United States, serving under John Adams and in 1800 was elected the third President. Jefferson was a proponent of democracy, republicanism, and individual rights, which motivated American colonists to break from Great Britain and form a new nation. He produced formative documents and decisions at both the state and national level...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionUS President
Date of Birth13 April 1743
CityShadwell, VA
CountryUnited States of America
Let what will be said or done, preserve your sang froid immovably, and to every obstacle oppose patience, perseverance and soothing language
If you have to eat crow, eat it while it's young and tender.
Action will delineate and define you.
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.
The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.
One man with courage is a majority.
Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
The sovereign invigorator of the body is exercise, and of all the exercises walking is the best.
Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.
Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.