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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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 The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Women are books, and men the readers be.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin He that can have patience can have what he will.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin One today is worth two tomorrows.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin He who can have patience can have what he will.
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Do everything with love, do it because it gives you satisfaction and joy, do it because it feeds your soul, do it because it helps you grow and gives you that confidence in yourself we’re all after.
Pascaline DussautPascaline Dussaut I don’t believe in taking right decisions. I take decisions and then make them right.
Ratan TataRatan Tata Accept me for who I am because this all I can be.
Kodak BlackKodak Black I’m a real virtue. They already know how I am flying.
Kodak BlackKodak Black It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.
Rene DescartesRene Descartes I’m not here to boost your confidence with compliments. I’m here to figure out why you won’t open up. I rather see what the problem is, within the sea of broken promises.
A.J XanderA.J Xander When I was growing up, I always knew I’d be in the top of my class in math, and that gave me a lot of self-confidence.
Sergey BrinSergey Brin Being confident feels great. But there is a risk involved of you being too proud of yourself. How is this dangerous? You don’t realize this.
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