Benjamin Franklin on business
“An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.”
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Fear not death for the sooner we die, the longer we shall be immortal.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin When you’re testing to see how deep water is, never use two feet.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools that don’t have brains enough to be honest.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Many people die at twenty five and aren’t buried until they are seventy five.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin When you are finished changing, you’re finished.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Speak little, do much.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin 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.
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When you are with your friends, control your tongue.
Stuart PetersonStuart Peterson And you have fast become my weakness, even as you remain my source of strength.
Alma-May NoaAlma-May Noa No one else is on your path so why should their limits be?
Elezabeth SymondElezabeth Symond I heard many tongues in many languages saying that people cannot be Gods, and that’s a given. But what if people don’t know what was given to them?
Nikol MejdnNikol Mejdn Pride – it screams a lot louder than love sometimes.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix Messed up people even see the beauty in all the shitty places.
Lara-LeanLara-Lean I loved you more than love was allowed.
Lang LeavLang Leav Don’t mistake your discovery for the absence of yourself.
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Excellence matters. I’ve pushed hard to increase our velocity, improve our execution, and focus on the big bets that will make a difference in the world.
Most of my ideas belonged to other people who never bothered to develop them.
The common question that gets asked in business is, why? That’s a good question, but an equally valid question is, why not?
It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default.
Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.
It’s so simple really: If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.