The human brain is like a railroad freight car -- guaranteed to have a certain capacity but often running empty.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Mind Quotes

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.

If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.

Pride is said to be the last vice the good man gets clear of

Pride is said to be the last vice the good man gets clear of

Many foxes grow gray but few grow good.

Many foxes grow gray but few grow good.

To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.

To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

Our necessities never equal our wants.

Our necessities never equal our wants.

Like a man travelling in foggy weather, those at some distance before him on the...

Like a man travelling in foggy weather, those at some distance before him on the...

Experience is the best teacher, but a fool will learn from no other.

Experience is the best teacher, but a fool will learn from no other.

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.

Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you...

Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you...

To err is human, to repent divine, to persist devilish

To err is human, to repent divine, to persist devilish

For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information...

For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information...

The first mistake in public business is the going into it.

The first mistake in public business is the going into it.

He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.

To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.

Those things that hurt, instruct.

Those things that hurt, instruct.

Hired mourners at a funeral say and do - A little more than they whose...

Hired mourners at a funeral say and do - A little more than they whose...

For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain [and] the...

For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain [and] the...

Hindu Proverb