Ben Franklin Sayings Quotes

Myrnin turned away to pick up his Ben Franklin spectacles, balanced them on his nose, and looked over them to say, "Don't do drugs. I feel I ought to say that.

god grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the nations of the earth, so that anybody may set his foot anywhere on its surface and say: 'This is my country!

Beware of little expenses; A small leak will sink a great ship, as Poor Richard says; and again, Who dainties love, shall beggars prove; and moreover, Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.

If dost thou love life, then Do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of, as Poor Richard says.

If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some; for He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing, as Poor Richard says;

As wise old Ben Franklin used to say:   If you argue and rankle and contradict, you may achieve a victory sometimes; but it will be an empty victory because you will never get your opponent’s good will.

Say a prayer and be that friend to those in despair. Love and Kindness can help keep someone going over the edge if they're standing close to it!

Keep hope alive in your heart & say no to fear. Look forward to tomorrow's sunrise as the winds of change come near!

Put down that bottle and pickup an Oreo instead...you"ll live longer! #JustSaying

Drive thy business, let not that drive thee; and Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise, Poor Richard says.

I'm told by my young friends that experience is much more important than books. Of course Ben Franklin had something to say about experience and fools, but even Franklin thought that a fool would learn by his experience. That has proven false in the modern world. Some people are simply unwilling to learn under any circumstances, which maybe, even then, wouldn't be so bad if they weren't so damned proud of it.

So began my love affair with books. Years later, as a college student, I remember having a choice between a few slices of pizza that would have held me over for a day or a copy of On the Road. I bought the book. I would have forgotten what the pizza tasted like, but I still remember Kerouac. The world was mine for the reading. I traveled with my books. I was there on a tramp steamer in the North Atlantic with the Hardy Boys, piecing together an unsolvable crime. I rode into the Valley of Death with the six hundred and I stood at the graves of Uncas and Cora and listened to the mournful song of the Lenni Linape. Although I braved a frozen death at Valley Forge and felt the spin of a hundred bullets at Shiloh, I was never afraid. I was there as much as you are where you are, right this second. I smelled the gunsmoke and tasted the frost. And it was good to be there. No one could harm me there. No one could punch me, slap me, call me stupid, or pretend I wasn’t in the room. The other kids raced through books so they could get the completion stamp on their library card. I didn’t care about that stupid completion stamp. I didn’t want to race through books. I wanted books to walk slowly through me, stop, and touch my brain and my memory. If a book couldn’t do that, it probably wasn’t a very good book. Besides, it isn’t how much you read, it’s what you read. What I learned from books, from young Ben Franklin’s anger at his brother to Anne Frank’s longing for the way her life used to be, was that I wasn’t alone in my pain. All that caused me such anguish affected others, too, and that connected me to them and that connected me to my books. I loved everything about books. I loved that odd sensation of turning the final page, realizing the story had ended, and feeling that I was saying a last goodbye to a new friend.

Say a prayer for those in despair. May all their tomorrows be sunny and bright... filled with hope to conquer over all their troubles!

How do you find peace? Many say...the most cheerful people are the saddest people inside their souls!

When someone talks bad about you, it's probably that they have nothing good to say about themselves. Just...forget about it!

This Christmas... Say a prayer for those in need. Be a friend to those in despair. Give all...the gift of peace!

Nothing last forever not even your problems. The day will come that you will look back & say: I can't believe I made it through all that darkness and rain! Always keep the faith.

We were flying to Fort Smith in the spring of 1962, and Sam was piloting the plane over the Boston Mountains. It was that Tri-Pacer by then, not the original plane that we had made a lot of trips in. Sam pulled this card out of his pocket, on which he had written down three or four names, and he handed it to me and asked me which one I liked best. They all had three or four words in the title, and I said, ‘Well, you know, Scotch as I am, I’d just keep the Walton name and make it a place to shop.’ I scribbled ‘W-A-L-M-A-R-T’ on the bottom of the card and said, ‘To begin with, there’s not as many letters to buy.’ I had bought the letters that said ‘Ben Franklin,’ and I knew how much it cost to put them up and to light them and repair the neon, so I said, ‘This is just seven letters.’ He didn’t say anything, and I dropped the subject. A few days later I went by to see when we could start setting the fixtures in the building, and I saw that our sign maker, Rayburn Jacobs, already had the ‘W-A-L’ up there and was headed up the ladder with an ‘M.’ You didn’t have to be a genius to figure out what the name was going to be. I just smiled and went on.” Something else about that sign that’s worth mentioning. On one side of it, I had Rayburn put “We Sell for Less,” and on the other, “Satisfaction Guaranteed,” two of the cornerstone philosophies that still guide the company.

As wise old Ben Franklin used to say: If you argue and rankle and contradict, you may achieve a victory sometimes; but it will be an empty victory because you will never get your opponent's good will.

Ben Franklin.  “I believe beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

There is so much truth in the saying: A picture says a thousand words...so always do your best to look great when you take one! http://www.bullyingben.com

NOW AT 60, I'VE COME TO THAT POINT IN MY LIFE THAT I CAN HONESTY SAY THAT IF SOMETHING DOESN'T BRING ME AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT OF JOY, HAPPINESS OR ENJOYMENT IN MY LIFE BY DOING SOMETHING, THEN END OF STORY! I'M JUST NOT DOING IT!

NOW AT 60, I'VE COME TO THAT POINT IN MY LIFE THAT I CAN HONESTY SAY THAT IF SOMETHING DOESN'T BRING ME AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT OF JOY, HAPPINESS OR ENJOYMENT IN MY LIFE BY DOING IT, THEN END OF STORY! I'M JUST NOT DOING IT!

There's psychic Vampires in this world that will stress the shitzit out of you by bombarding you with their problems and BS then afterwards they”ll walk away and enjoy their day. When you get up in your golden years you've got to learn to let it go and enjoy each day because too much stress...will kill you! Living in the one day more mode will always prevent a heart attack and help you live a longer and better life. Just saying!

When people say you can't... prove them wrong and do!