Benjamin Franklin Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

280 Famous Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
“Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.”
Ignorance Quotes
“For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise.”
Opinions Quotes
“Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.”
Admiration Quotes
“Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late”
Age Quotes
“Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one”
Anger Quotes
“Applause waits on success.”
Applause Quotes
“Drinking beer doesn't make you fat, It makes you lean....Against bars, tables, chairs, and poles.”
Beer Quotes
“Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.”
Beer Quotes
“Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.”
Belief Quotes
“Little boats should keep near shore”
Boats Quotes
“He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.”
Borrowing Quotes
“Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge”
Caring Quotes
“Growth means change and change involves risk, stepping from the known to the unknown.”
Change Quotes
“Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.”
Children Quotes
“Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”
Constitution Quotes
“Drive thy business, let not that drive thee.”
Control Quotes
“To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.”
Courtesy Quotes
“Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.”
Criticism Quotes
“Despair ruins some, presumption many”
Despair Quotes
“He that cannot obey, cannot command.”
Discipline Quotes
“God heals, and the Doctor takes the Fees”
Doctors Quotes
“Doing your best means never stop trying.”
Doing your best Quotes
“When in doubt, don't.”
Doubt Quotes
“Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.”
Drinking Quotes
“Deny Self for Self's sake”
Egotism Quotes