Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Commitment Quotes

The second vice is lying, the first is running in debt

The second vice is lying, the first is running in debt

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

He that's secure is not safe.

He that's secure is not safe.

Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy

Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy

Observe all men; thy self most.

Observe all men; thy self most.

Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?

Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?

Lend money to an enemy, and thou will gain him, to a friend and thou...

Lend money to an enemy, and thou will gain him, to a friend and thou...

Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance.

Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance.

Well done is better than well said.

Well done is better than well said.

If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.

If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce...

It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce...

Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.

Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.

The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom too fine spun

The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom too fine spun

A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.

A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

In rivers and bad governments, the lightest things swim at the top

In rivers and bad governments, the lightest things swim at the top

I'm very, very concerned about the Bush presidency. I'm worried about the kinds of cuts...

I'm very, very concerned about the Bush presidency. I'm worried about the kinds of cuts...

Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home.

Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home.