"He that hath a calling, hath an office…" — Benjamin Franklin
"He that hath a calling, hath an office of profit and honor."
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1,166 Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin has 1,166 quotes on this site.
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The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
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Who has deceived thee as oft as thyself.
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Unless the Stream of their Importation could be turned... they will soon so outnumber us, that all the advantages we…
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Strangers are welcome because there is room enough for them all, and therefore the old Inhabitants are not jealous of…
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[E]very Man who comes among us, and takes up a piece of Land, becomes a Citizen, and by our Constitution…
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It is very hard to dislike someone you have helped
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I have been apt to think that there has never been, nor ever will be, any such thing as a…
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Tis a common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for…
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Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants.
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Work while it is called today, for you know not how much you may be hindered tomorrow. One today is…
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It seems to me, that if statesmen had a little more arithmetic, or were accustomed to calculation, wars would be…
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It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth part.
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I suddenly think the job of acting is a difficult one. It's not as flip, irrelevant and shallow a calling…
— Rowan Atkinson
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I was living an extremely burdensome life, because every time I prayed, I became more clearly aware of my faults.…
— Teresa of Avila
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I am a woman with a calling for social struggle and public service.
— Michelle Bachelet
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The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.
— James A. Baldwin
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I believe I have a calling. Do you know what that calling is? To stand up in a new and…
— Stephen Baldwin
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Every man who has at last succeeded, after long effort, in calling up the divinity which lies hidden in a…
— Henry Adams
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
— Otto von Bismarck
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Everything about my journey to get Spanx off the ground entailed me having to be a salesperson - from going…
— Sara Blakely
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The cooking profession, while it's a noble craft and a noble calling, 'cause you're doing something useful - you're feeding…
— Anthony Bourdain
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As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call for the release of Nelson…
— Jackson Browne
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We believe that according the name 'investors' to institutions that trade actively is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in…
— Warren Buffett
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The '80s were the worst period. You had these horrible pop bands growing their hair and calling themselves metal.
— Geezer Butler
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