"Leisure is time for doing something useful; this……" — Benjamin Franklin
"Leisure is time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never."
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Benjamin Franklin
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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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More Diligence Quotes
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
— Abigail Adams
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You really have to work hard and apply yourself and by applying yourself and working hard and being diligent, you…
— Julie Benz
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any…
— Miguel de Cervantes
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The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought…
— Samuel Johnson
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No learning can make up for the failure to pray. No earnestness, no diligence, no study, no gifts will supply…
— Edward McKendree Bounds
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
— Benjamin Disraeli
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Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a…
— Nelson Mandela
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The Scripture abounds in commands and cautions for our utmost diligence in our search and inquiry as to whether we…
— John Owen
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A man of sense is never discouraged by difficulties; he redoubles his industry and his diligence, he perseveres and infallibly…
— William James
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When superior people hear of the Way, they carry it out with diligence. When middling people hear of the Way,…
— Laozi
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To expect that the intricacies of science will be pierced by a careless glance, or the eminences of fame ascended…
— Samuel Johnson
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If he [Thomas Edison] had a needle to find in a haystack, he would not stop to reason where it…
— Nikola Tesla
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