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Benjamin Franklin Quotes

But our great security lies, I think, in our growing strength Picture Quote #1

Two passions have powerful influence on the affairs of men: the love of power and the love of money Picture Quote #1

Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried with fewer tensions and more tolerance Picture Quote #1

Scarcely have I ever heard or read the introductory phrase, I may say without vanity, but some striking and characteristic instance of vanity has immediately followed Picture Quote #1

After getting the first hundred pounds, it is more easy to get the second Picture Quote #1

Historically, when Americans don’t know what to do next, they go to Paris. Benjamin Franklin is like: ‘What am I going to do now? I’ll go to Paris!’ Picture Quote #1

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The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself Picture Quote #1

I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character; like those among men who live by sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. The turkey is a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original native of America Picture Quote #1

Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote Picture Quote #1

Humor does not include sarcasm, invalid irony, sardonicism, innuendo, or any other form of cruelty. When these things are raised to a high point they can become wit, but unlike the French and the English, we have not been much good at wit since the days of Benjamin Franklin Picture Quote #1

For years, I’ve had a hankering for the portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Joseph Duplessis. Franklin is credited with so many inventions: the postal system, lightning rods, the constitution. He was a rock star before there was such a thing Picture Quote #1

Write to Please Yourself. When You write to Please Others You end up Pleasing No one Picture Quote #1

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All highly competent people continually search for ways to keep learning, growing, and improving. They do that by asking WHY. After all, the person who knows HOW will always have a job, but the person who knows WHY will always be the boss Picture Quote #1

Shakespeare, Leonardo da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin and Abraham Lincoln never saw a movie, heard a radio or looked at television. They had ‘Loneliness’ and knew what to do with it. They were not afraid of being lonely because they knew that was when the creative mood in them would work Picture Quote #1

I have found Christian dogma unintelligible. Early in life, I absenteed myself from Christian assemblies Picture Quote #1

We hear of the conversion of water into wine at the marriage in Cana as of a miracle. But this conversion is, through the goodness of God, made every day before our eyes. Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards, and which incorporates itself with the grapes, to be changed into wine; a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy Picture Quote #1

Strangers are welcome because there is room enough for them all, and therefore the old Inhabitants are not jealous of them; the Laws protect them sufficiently so that they have no need of the Patronage of great Men; and every one will enjoy securely the Profits of his Industry. But if he does not bring a Fortune with him, he must work and be industrious to live Picture Quote #1

If gymnastics were easy, it would be called football. 10% talent, 90% hard workEnergy and persistence conquer all things Picture Quote #1

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I therefore beg leave to move that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessing on our deliberations, be held in this Assembly every morning Picture Quote #1

As Benjamin Franklin said, ‘Those things that hurt, instruct.’ It is for this reason that wise people learn not to dread but actually to welcome problems and actually to welcome the pain of problems Picture Quote #1

By playing at Chess then, we may learn... First: Foresight. Second: Circumspection. Third: Caution Picture Quote #1

Those who knew Benjamin Franklin will recollect that his mind was forever young, his temper ever serene; science, that never grows gray, was always his mistress. He was never without an object, for when we cease to have an object, we become like an invalid in a hospital waiting for death Picture Quote #1

The colonies would gladly have borne the little tax on tea and other matters had it not been that England took away from the colonies their money, which created unemployment and dissatisfaction. The inability of the colonists to get power to issue their own money permanently out of the hands of George III was the prime reason for the Revolutionary War Picture Quote #1

Remember this saying, The good payer is lord of another man’s purse. He that is known to pay punctually and exactly to the time he promises, may at any time, and on any occasion, raise all the money his friends can spare Picture Quote #1

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Grief for a dead Wife, and a troublesome Guest, Continues to the threshold, and there is at rest; But I mean such wives as are none of the best Picture Quote #1

Everybody’s human-everybody makes mistakes. If you laugh it off and keep going and try to give it your best the next time around, people respect that Picture Quote #1

Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. expect nothing - get nothing! but expect something - get something!! Picture Quote #1

Annual giving is the custom of making a gift-a-year to an institution in which one has faith Picture Quote #1

Masonic labor is purely a labor of love. He who seeks to draw Masonic wages in gold and silver will be disappointed. The wages of a Mason are in the dealings with one another; sympathy begets sympathy, kindness begets kindness, helpfulness begets helpfulness, and these are the wages of a Mason Picture Quote #1

No man is truly free who is in financial bondage. ‘Think what you do when you run in debt’, said Benjamin Franklin, ‘you give another power over your liberty.’ Picture Quote #1

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But our great security lies, I think, in our growing strength (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) Two passions have powerful influence on the affairs of men: the love of power and the love of money (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried with fewer tensions and more tolerance (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) Scarcely have I ever heard or read the introductory phrase, I may say without vanity, but some striking and characteristic instance of vanity has immediately followed (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) After getting the first hundred pounds, it is more easy to get the second (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) Historically, when Americans don’t know what to do next, they go to Paris. Benjamin Franklin is like: ‘What am I going to do now? I’ll go to Paris!’ (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character; like those among men who live by sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. The turkey is a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original native of America (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) Humor does not include sarcasm, invalid irony, sardonicism, innuendo, or any other form of cruelty. When these things are raised to a high point they can become wit, but unlike the French and the English, we have not been much good at wit since the days of Benjamin Franklin (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) For years, I’ve had a hankering for the portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Joseph Duplessis. Franklin is credited with so many inventions: the postal system, lightning rods, the constitution. He was a rock star before there was such a thing (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) Write to Please Yourself. When You write to Please Others You end up Pleasing No one (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) All highly competent people continually search for ways to keep learning, growing, and improving. They do that by asking WHY. After all, the person who knows HOW will always have a job, but the person who knows WHY will always be the boss (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) Shakespeare, Leonardo da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin and Abraham Lincoln never saw a movie, heard a radio or looked at television. They had ‘Loneliness’ and knew what to do with it. They were not afraid of being lonely because they knew that was when the creative mood in them would work (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) I have found Christian dogma unintelligible. Early in life, I absenteed myself from Christian assemblies (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) We hear of the conversion of water into wine at the marriage in Cana as of a miracle. But this conversion is, through the goodness of God, made every day before our eyes. Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards, and which incorporates itself with the grapes, to be changed into wine; a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) Strangers are welcome because there is room enough for them all, and therefore the old Inhabitants are not jealous of them; the Laws protect them sufficiently so that they have no need of the Patronage of great Men; and every one will enjoy securely the Profits of his Industry. But if he does not bring a Fortune with him, he must work and be industrious to live (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) If gymnastics were easy, it would be called football. 10% talent, 90% hard workEnergy and persistence conquer all things (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) I therefore beg leave to move that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessing on our deliberations, be held in this Assembly every morning (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) As Benjamin Franklin said, ‘Those things that hurt, instruct.’ It is for this reason that wise people learn not to dread but actually to welcome problems and actually to welcome the pain of problems (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) By playing at Chess then, we may learn... First: Foresight. Second: Circumspection. Third: Caution (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) Those who knew Benjamin Franklin will recollect that his mind was forever young, his temper ever serene; science, that never grows gray, was always his mistress. He was never without an object, for when we cease to have an object, we become like an invalid in a hospital waiting for death (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) The colonies would gladly have borne the little tax on tea and other matters had it not been that England took away from the colonies their money, which created unemployment and dissatisfaction. The inability of the colonists to get power to issue their own money permanently out of the hands of George III was the prime reason for the Revolutionary War (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) Remember this saying, The good payer is lord of another man’s purse. He that is known to pay punctually and exactly to the time he promises, may at any time, and on any occasion, raise all the money his friends can spare (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) Grief for a dead Wife, and a troublesome Guest, Continues to the threshold, and there is at rest; But I mean such wives as are none of the best (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) Everybody’s human-everybody makes mistakes. If you laugh it off and keep going and try to give it your best the next time around, people respect that (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. expect nothing - get nothing! but expect something - get something!! (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) Annual giving is the custom of making a gift-a-year to an institution in which one has faith (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) Masonic labor is purely a labor of love. He who seeks to draw Masonic wages in gold and silver will be disappointed. The wages of a Mason are in the dealings with one another; sympathy begets sympathy, kindness begets kindness, helpfulness begets helpfulness, and these are the wages of a Mason (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) No man is truly free who is in financial bondage. ‘Think what you do when you run in debt’, said Benjamin Franklin, ‘you give another power over your liberty.’ (Benjamin Franklin Quotes)

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