Benjamin Franklin

Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame.

Anger Behavior Regret

Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning.

Actions Character Communication

By failing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

Motivational Procrastination Success

There are no gains without pains.

Achievements Motivational Perseverance

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

Actions Motivational

He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.

Integrity Money Motivational

If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.

Friendship Love Relationships

One today is worth two tomorrows.

Motivational Productivity Time

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

Fire Food Home

To Follow by faith alone is to follow blindly.

Beliefs Faith Religion

There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government.

Ethics Fraud Government

The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.

Improvement Motivational Responsibility

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

Education Finance Investment

Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become more corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.

Corruption Freedom Leadership

Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later.

Debt Finance History

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

Finance Government Laws

Laws without morals are in vain.

Justice Laws Morality

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Finance Frugality Money

He that can have patience can have what he will.

Determination Patience Success

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.

Justice Reason