Benjamin Quotes

Whatever you do, do it so well that people looking on will feel that the task was reserved especially for you by God Himself.

If we were to remove the Bible from public schools we would be wasting so much time punishing crimes and taking so little pains to prevent them.

Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords.

Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goals to reach.

He who starts behind in the great race of life must forever remain behind or run faster than the man in front.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.

The colour of the skin is in no way connected with strength of the mind or intellectual powers.

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.

The truth is that if Israel were to put down its arms there would be no more Israel. If the Arabs were to put down their arms there would be no more war.

I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will starve in the process.

The man who does things makes mistakes, but he doesn't make the biggest mistake of all-doing nothing.

By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid only of standing still.

For every minute spent in organizing, an hour is earned.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?

Genius is the ability to hold one's vision steady until it becomes reality

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.

Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.

A good conscience is a continual Christmas.

Give me yesterday's bread, this day's flesh, and last year's cider

There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

When the well is dry, we know the worth of water.

Take the money in your wallet and invest it in your mind. And in return, your mind will fill up your wallet!

Never complain and never explain.

Lighthouses are more helpful than churches.

Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.

Most men die at 25, we just don't bury them until they are 70.

It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man.

Lots of people talk to animals... Not very many listen, though... That's the problem.

People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both.

Like ultraviolet rays memory shows to each man in the book of life a script that invisibly and prophetically glosses the text.

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.

If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.

I have a definition of success. For me it's very simple. It's not about wealth and fame and power. It's about how many shining eyes I have around me.

A child must learn early to believe that she is somebody worthwhile, and that she can do many praiseworthy things.

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.

Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.

Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards; there it enters the roots of the vines, to be changed into wine; a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy.

Finality is not the language of politics.

Love your Enemies, for they tell you your Faults.

Energy and persistence conquer all things.