C.C. Franklin Quotes

We must, indeed, all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.

I sometimes think that the saving grace of America lies in the fact that the overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities- a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.

He who can have patience can have what he will.

Some people can never understand that you have to wait, even for the best of things, until the right time comes.

Never surrender...never give up! Keep walking down the roads of life that will lead you to your dreams and happiness❤

To move ahead...you must grab the bull by the horns and start living your life. Stop living and doing everything for others and live it for yourself!

When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

To reach a port we must set sail –Sail, not tie at anchorSail, not drift.

... I think this Law, by which I am punished, is both unreasonable in itself, and particularly severe... Polly Baker

Most people die at 25 and aren’t buried until they’re 75.

A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.

One cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.

The males (of the Hutchinson family that included both religious dissenter Anne and immensely wealthy and politically connected Thomas) were merchants who sought salvation through commerce.

He wished to please everybody, " Franklin later said of Keith, "and having little to give, he gave expectations.

I think we consider too much the luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.

A man who would sacrifice freedom for security deserves neither.

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.[misquote of a letter about wine, see quotes/831031]

Everyone's on a journey trying to find their purpose in life. That lost horizon. You'll never truly be happy...until you find it!

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

If you want a thing done go - if not send.

God helps them that helps themselves.

To be thrown upon one's own resources is to be cast into the very lap of fortune for our faculties then undergo a development and display an energy of which they were previously unsusceptible.

Those things that hurt instruct.

At 20 years of age the will reigns at 30 the wit at 40 the judgment.

All would live long but none would be old.

If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead either write things worth reading or do things worth writing.

Little boats should keep near shore.

I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.

Teach your child to hold his tongue He'll learn fast enough to speak.

A child thinks twenty shillings and twenty years can scarce ever be spent.

Perform without fail what you resolve.

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage half shut afterwards.

Without love what are we worth? Eighty-nine cents! Eighty-nine cents worth of chemicals walking around lonely.

It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it.

Eat to please thyself but dress to please others.

Early to bed and early to rise Makes a man healthy wealthy and wise.

Beware of little expenses a small leak will sink a great ship.

If a man empties his purse into his head no one can take it from him.

None preaches better than the ant and she says nothing.

So let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless unreasoning unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.

Ambition has its disappointments to sour us but never the good fortune to satisfy us.

A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly use soberly distribute cheerfully and leave con-tently.

If you desire many things many things will seem but a few.

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

Be slow in choosing a friend slower in changing.

Keep flax from fire youth from gaming.

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails admit it frankly and try another but above all try something.

We must all hang together else we shalFall hang separately.

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

Happiness consists more in small conveniences or pleasures that occur every day than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom.