A good example is the best sermon.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Example Quotes

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.

Up, sluggard, and waste not life; in the grave will be sleeping enough.

Up, sluggard, and waste not life; in the grave will be sleeping enough.

He that speaks much, is much mistaken.

He that speaks much, is much mistaken.

Rather go to bed with out dinner than to rise in debt.

Rather go to bed with out dinner than to rise in debt.

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain, and most fools do.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain, and most fools do.

Be neither silly, nor cunning, but wise

Be neither silly, nor cunning, but wise

Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse

Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hear much; always...

The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hear much; always...

Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad...

Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad...

Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning

Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning

A cheerful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather.

A cheerful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather.

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind...

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind...

Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.

Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.

You and I were long friends : you are now my enemy, and I am...

You and I were long friends : you are now my enemy, and I am...

If you could be either God's worst enemy or nothing, which would you choose?

If you could be either God's worst enemy or nothing, which would you choose?

There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to...

There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to...

The real enemy can always be met and conquered, or won over. Real antagonism is...

The real enemy can always be met and conquered, or won over. Real antagonism is...