Quote by Walter Isaacson

“Instead, Franklin found “a good and faithful helpmate” who was frugal and practical and devoid of pretensions, traits that he later noted were far…

— Walter Isaacson

“Indeed, in addition to its lessons of thrift, industry, and prudence, Franklin's autobiography tells us every man should be part of a social group,…

— Keith Ferrazzi

“People who have become great like Benjamin Franklin only became great because they learned how to invest time into improving whatever it is they…

— Sunday Adelaja

“Franklin embraced the idea that the new nation could survive only if the people who lived in it were virtuous.”

— Alexander Kennedy

I think that Benjamin Franklin felt very strongly in foreign policy in this world, that you needed to at least show some humility, especially…

— Walter Isaacson

“To assess Franklin properly, we must view him, instead, in all his complexity. He was not a frivolous man, nor a shallow one, nor…

— Walter Isaacson

“The American Revolution and its aftermath coincided with two great transformations in the late eighteenth century. In the political sphere, there had been a…

— Ron Chernow

“An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. • Benjamin Franklin”

— Andrew Hunt

Put no trust in the benefits to accrue from early rising, as set forth by the infatuated Franklin ...

— Mark Twain

Franklin's illness...gave him strength and courage he had not had before. He had to think out the fundamentals of living and learn the greatest…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Franklin [D. Roosevelt] had a good way of simplifying things. He made people feel that he had a real understanding of things and they…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

The truly successful person inspires others to do more than they have thought possible for themselves.

— Denis Waitley