Life Quotes by Thomas Jefferson

The soil is the gift of God to the living.

— Thomas Jefferson

A room without books is like a life without meaning.

— Thomas Jefferson

It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read.

— Thomas Jefferson

One war, such as that of our Revolution, is enough for one life.

— Thomas Jefferson

The sun has not caught me in bed in fifty years.

— Thomas Jefferson

The dead should not rule the living

— Thomas Jefferson

Of all exercises, walking is the best.

— Thomas Jefferson

Question boldly even the existence of God.

— Thomas Jefferson

The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.

— Thomas Jefferson

All men are created equal and have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

— Thomas Jefferson

The happiest hours of my life have been spent in the flow of affection among friends.

— Thomas Jefferson

Everyone has a natural right to choose that vocation in life which he thinks most likely gives him comfortable subsistence.

— Thomas Jefferson

“I set out on this ground, which I suppose to be self-evident, that the dart belongs in usufruct to the living.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“The art of life is the art of avoiding pain: and he is the best pilot who steers clearest of the rocks…

— Thomas Jefferson

If I am to meet with a disappointment, the sooner I know it, the more of life I shall have to wear…

— Thomas Jefferson

Music furnishes a delightful recreation for the hours of respite from the cares of the day, and lasts us through life.

— Thomas Jefferson

[My] pillar of support through life… I can say conscientiously that I do not know in the world a man of purer…

— Thomas Jefferson

I set out on this ground, which I suppose to be self evident, "that the earth belongs in usufruct to the living":…

— Thomas Jefferson

Hindsight is an exact science. Hold fast to your dreams, for it dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.…

— Thomas Jefferson

I shall need, too, the favor of that Being in whose hands we are, who led our fathers, as Israel of old,…

— Thomas Jefferson

Every experience deeply felt in life needs to be passed along. Wheather it be through words and music, chiseled in stone, painted…

— Thomas Jefferson

I would observe to you that what is called style in writing or speaking is formed very early in life while the…

— Thomas Jefferson

I am sure that in estimating every man's value either in private or public life, a pure integrity is the quality we…

— Thomas Jefferson

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the…

— Thomas Jefferson

I never told my own religion nor scrutinized that of another. I never attempted to make a convert, nor wished to change…

— Thomas Jefferson

The days of life are consumed, one by one, without an object beyond the present moment; ever flying from the ennui of…

— Thomas Jefferson

And Botany I rank with the most valuable sciences, whether we consider its subjects as furnishing the principal subsistence of life to…

— Thomas Jefferson

Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason,…

— Thomas Jefferson

A generation may bind itself as long as its majority continues in life; when that has disappeared, another majority is in place,…

— Thomas Jefferson

The earth belongs to the living. No man can, by natural right, oblige the lands he occupied or the persons who succeed…

— Thomas Jefferson

Political dissension is doubtless a less evil than the lethargy of despotism: but still it is a great evil, and it would…

— Thomas Jefferson

When I contemplate the immense advances in science and discoveries in the arts which have been made within the period of my…

— Thomas Jefferson

“The most fortunate of us, in our journey through life, frequently meet with calamities and misfortunes which may greatly afflict us; and,…

— Thomas Jefferson

“The object most interesting to me for the residue of my life, will be to see you both developing daily those principles…

— Thomas Jefferson

He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating it's most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of…

— Thomas Jefferson

“A Decalogue of Canons for Observation in Practical Life: 1. Never put off to tomorrow what you can do to-day. 2. Never…

— Thomas Jefferson

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain…

— Thomas Jefferson

Good wine is a necessity of life for me.

— Thomas Jefferson

Living is something everyone can do, but few actually experience

— Thomas Jefferson

Difference of opinion is helpful in religion.

— Thomas Jefferson