Here are 30 Life Changing Quotes from Benjamin Franklin. These quotes reflect Benjamin Franklin’s wit, wisdom, and practical advice on life, work, and human nature. Many are taken from his widely popular publication, Poor Richard’s Almanack:
- “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” – Poor Richard’s Almanack (1758)
- “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” – Attributed
- “Well done is better than well said.” – Poor Richard’s Almanack (1737)
- “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” – Poor Richard’s Almanack (1735)
- “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” – Attributed
- “He that can have patience can have what he will.” – Poor Richard’s Almanack (1745)
- “Honesty is the best policy.” – Poor Richard’s Almanack (1758)
- “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” – Letter to Jean-Baptiste Le Roy (1789)
- “Energy and persistence conquer all things.” – Letter to Benjamin Vaughan (1784)
- “Do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.” – Poor Richard’s Almanack (1746)
- “Diligence is the mother of good luck.” – Poor Richard’s Almanack (1748)
- “A penny saved is a penny earned.” – Attributed, often paraphrased from Poor Richard’s Almanack (1737)
- “Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.” – Poor Richard’s Almanack (1742)
- “Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.” – Attributed
- “We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.” – At the signing of the Declaration of Independence (1776)
- “Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.” – Poor Richard’s Almanack (1735)
- “Lost time is never found again.” – Poor Richard’s Almanack (1746)
- “A place for everything, everything in its place.” – Poor Richard’s Almanack (1737)
- “God helps those who help themselves.” – Poor Richard’s Almanack (1757)
- “It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.” – Poor Richard’s Almanack (1741)
- “He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.” – Poor Richard’s Almanack (1743)
- “Rather go to bed without dinner than to rise in debt.” – Poor Richard’s Almanack (1758)
- “The doors of wisdom are never shut.” – Poor Richard’s Almanack (1755)
- “Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.” – Poor Richard’s Almanack (1758)
- “Half a truth is often a great lie.” – Poor Richard’s Almanack (1758)
- “Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.” – Poor Richard’s Almanack (1755)
- “A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over.” – Poor Richard’s Almanack (1750)
- “Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools that don’t have brains enough to be honest.” – Poor Richard’s Almanack (1740)
- “He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.” – Poor Richard’s Almanack (1739)
- “When you’re finished changing, you’re finished.” – Attributed