More from Benjamin Franklin
You only have the right to pursue happiness; you have to catch it yourself.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin A Brother may not be a Friend, but a Friend will always be a Brother.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail!
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin I didn’t fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin You can do anything you set your mind to.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin To be humble to superiors is a duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin To cease to think creatively is to cease to live.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Words may show a man’s wit, actions his meaning.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin
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With new relationships, we get scared of being loved because we scared of rejection. Don’t let your fears ruin a perfectly good relationship.
Emily BockEmily Bock I love having someone to talk to all night.
Sophie SmithSophie Smith It is a loud war to love you in silence.
Noor BazziNoor Bazzi Don’t let unimportant people have too much power over you.
Hei-Ran ParkHei-Ran Park Remember that your purpose is indeed to be nothing else but YOU, all that you are and all that you want to be.
ShamaShama I like the crazy ones- the ones made of a little bit of human and a lot of star.
Lauren EdenLauren Eden Let go and trust in the higher power to guide you.
Lisa RoseLisa Rose Let the music fill the empty patches of your soul. And heal you.
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More on angry
I was all braced for the wrath that was going to put grizzlies to shame, and this is what I get? I should infuriate you more often.
Stephenie MeyerStephenie Meyer Anger is an all-consuming fire that will burn you and everyone else around you. Where is the justice in that?
Afeni ShakurAfeni Shakur Growing up in a particular neighborhood, growing up in a working-class family, not having much money, all of those things fire you and can give you an edge, can give you an anger.
Gary OldmanGary Oldman Anger tears me up inside, My own, or anyone else’s.
Betty WhiteBetty White I spent 43 years of my life in anger and I know what it can do… Now I pray a lot. I do whatever I need to do to keep me out of that anger, out of that place where I can’t grow and be better.
Afeni ShakurAfeni Shakur Choosing nonviolence does not mean that one will never get angry or become upset with others, including the ones we love.
Bernice KingBernice King I don’t know if you realize this, but anger is anger. It has no mind. It has no rationality. It’s mad, and it just wants to destroy.
Bernice KingBernice King A man who cannot get angry is like a stream that cannot overflow, that is always turbid. Sometimes indignation is as good as a thunderstorm in summer, clearing and cooling the air.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher
