Inspirational Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
“Any society that would give up essential liberty to obtain a little security will deserve neither and lose both." Ben Franklin”
“There are three kinds of people: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those who move.”
“Give me 26 lead soldiers and I will conquer the world.”
“A truly great man will neither trample on a worm nor sneak to an emperor”
“There is perhaps no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride. Beat it down, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases, it is still alive. Even if I could conceive that I had completely overcome it, I should probably be proud of my humility. ”
“If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.”
“We hold these truths to be self-evident. { .}”
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“Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.”
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“The first Degree of Folly, is to conceit one’s self wise; the second to profess it; the third to despise Counsel.”
“Ignorance leads men into a party, and shame keeps them from getting out again.”
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Benjamin Franklin was an important conservative figure in the American Restoration Movement, especially as the leading antebellum conservative in the northern United States branch of the movement. He is notable as the early and lifelong mentor of Daniel Sommer, whose support of the 1889 Sand Creek Declaration set in motion events which led to the formal division of the Churches of Christ from the Disciples of Christ in 1906.
According to contemporary biographies "His early religious training was according to the Methodist faith, though he never belonged to any church until he united with the Disciples."
In 1856, Franklin began to publish the ultra-conservative American Christian Review, which he published until his death in 1878. Its influence, initially considerable, was said to have waned following the American Civil War. Franklin undertook a rigorous program of publication correspondence, and traveling lectures which took him to "many" U. S. states and Canada.
Franklin's last move was to Anderson, Indiana, where he lived from 1864 until his death.