Thursday, September 11, 2008

13 Thursday Famous Quotes by Benjamin Franklin

1. Money: Remember that time is money.

2. Achievement: Little strokes fell great oaks.

3. Success: God helps them that help themselves.

4. War: There never was a good war or a bad peace.

5. Planning: Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

6. Wisdom: Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.

7. Teamwork: We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.

8. Wisdom: Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

9. Money: A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose to the grindstone.

10. Time: Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.

11. Freedom: They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

12. Democracy: Our Constitution is in actual operation; everything appears to promise that it will last; but in this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

13. Success: A little neglect may breed mischief: for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost

3 comments:

Robin said...

Great quotes... I need to work on the EARLY to bed part - I've got the early to rise part down, but I think I need both for my health :)

I'm an early bird and a night owl - not good.

Julie said...

Old Ben had a lot of thoughts, didn't he?

Paula said...

I don't agree with all these ideas, I like to know about them. They are a part of the fabic of our lives.

Robin, get some good rest.

Julie, he definitely had some thoughts. I wish I had such remarkable ideas!