Energy and persistence conquer all things.

—Benjamin Franklin

About Benjamin Franklin

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Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath active as a physicist, philosopher, statesman and inventor who was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a drafter and signer of the Declaration of Independence, and the first...

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Love your enemies; for they shall tell you all your faults.

—Benjamin Franklin

A good conscience is a continual Christmas.

—Benjamin Franklin

Drive thy business or it will drive thee.

—Benjamin Franklin

By my rambling digressions I perceive myself to be growing old.

—Benjamin Franklin

Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.

—Benjamin Franklin

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Crime is naught but misdirected energy.

—Emma Goldman

Energy, like the biblical grain of the mustard-seed, will remove mountains.

—Hosea Ballou

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The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity, and discipline to be unfailingly lighthearted, yet everyone takes the happy person for granted. No one is careful of his feelings or tries to keep his spirits high. He seems self-sufficient; he becomes a cushion for others. And because happiness seems unforced, that person usually gets no credit.

—Gretchen Rubin in The Happiness Project

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Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn't burn up any fossil fuel, doesn't pollute. Neither does song, neither does love, neither does the dance.

—Margaret Mead

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There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind.

—Annie Dillard

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