27 Awe Inspiring Benjamin Franklin Quotes

Benjamin Franklin was one of the founding fathers of the United States. He was an author, politician, inventor, scientist, civic activist, diplomat and statesman.

Here are some Benjamin Franklin Quotes:

27 Inspiring Benjamin Franklin Quotes:

1. “Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.” – Benjamin Franklin

2. “Drive thy business or it will drive thee.” – Benjamin Franklin

3. “You may delay, but time will not.” – Benjamin Franklin

4. “If a man empties his purse into his head no one can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” – Benjamin Franklin

5. “Well done is better than well said.” – Benjamin Franklin

6. “Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor.” – Benjamin Franklin

7. “Who is wise? He that learns from every one.” – Benjamin Franklin

8. “If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.” – Benjamin Franklin

9. “Who is powerful? He that governs his Passions.” – Benjamin Franklin

10th Benjamin Franklin Quote – “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” – Benjamin Franklin

11. “Employ your time well, if you mean to get leisure.” – Benjamin Franklin

12. “Do you love life? Then do not squander time, for that’s the stuff life is made of.” – Benjamin Franklin

13. “Energy and persistence conquer all things.” – Benjamin Franklin

14. “Take it from Richard, poor and lame, what’s begun in anger ends in shame.” – Benjamin Franklin

15. “Perhaps the history of the errors of mankind, all things considered, is more valuable and interesting than that of their discoveries.” – Benjamin Franklin

16. “Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.” – Benjamin Franklin

17. “Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry, all things easy. He that rises late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night, while laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.” – Benjamin Franklin

18. “Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.” – Benjamin Franklin

19. “If you would know the value of money, go try to borrow some; for he that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing.” – Benjamin Franklin

20th Benjamin Franklin Quote – “If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect.” – Benjamin Franklin

21. “He that can have patience can have what he will.” – Benjamin Franklin

22. “He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.” – Benjamin Franklin

23. “Creditors have better memories than debtors.” – Benjamin Franklin

24. “He that is of the opinion that money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.” – Benjamin Franklin

25. “Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What’s a sun-dial in the shade?” – Benjamin Franklin

26. “To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not in our power to repay it.” – Benjamin Franklin

27. “It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man.” – Benjamin Franklin

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