Benjamin Franklin on confidence
“Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.”
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Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other, and scarce in that.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin If Passion drives, let Reason hold the Reins.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin 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!
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Norah RoseNorah Rose A memory is a star or a stain.
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Little PaulsonLittle Paulson Do your own thing and live your way of happiness.
Emily BockEmily Bock I’ve experienced departure far too much to have the courage and call anyone my own.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi More often than I am not, all I need is the rise of my own lungs – I am already complete.
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When one treats people with benevolence, justice, and righteoousness, and reposes confidence in them, the army will be united in mind and all will be happy to serve their leaders.
Sun TzuSun Tzu Don’t worry we will win this game.
Post MalonePost Malone They say they want heaven; They say they want god. I say I have heaven, I say I am god.
The WeekndThe Weeknd Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted.
Groucho MarxGroucho Marx Don’t ever let anybody tell you that your efforts don’t matter or that your voice doesn’t count. Don’t ever believe that you can’t make a difference. You have.
Barack ObamaBarack Obama Self-confidence is something caught and not taught and risk-running and chance-taking are the only ways to catch it.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerArnold Schwarzenegger Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time.
Oprah WinfreyOprah Winfrey The easy confidence with which I know another man’s religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also.
Mark TwainMark Twain
