Benjamin Franklin quotes with context
Benjamin Franklin (1706 to 1790) was a printer, publisher, scientist and diplomat. He invented the lightning rod and signed the Declaration of Independence. For decades his “Poor Richard’s Almanack” carried short rules for living.
8 quotes by Benjamin Franklin
4 of the 8 quotes are marked as paraphrased: free renderings, not a documented wording.
Gratitude 5
A roof becomes holy only when rain falls into memory.
What is lent should not be loved less but touched more consciously.
Abundance is when what is present is allowed to speak again.
We know the value of water only when the well runs dry.
Wonder is the moment when the world becomes unspent again.
Focus 3
Whoever begins everything at once finishes nothing.
Whoever begins less finishes more.
Life rewards the one who pursues one thing, and punishes the one who begins many.
One thought a day.
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