70 Best Thomas Jefferson Motivational Quotes
"I cannot live without books."
"Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom."
"I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past."
"The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers."
"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing."
"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock."
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."
"When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred."
"The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money."
"Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you."
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
"It is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and occupation, which give happiness."
"I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend."
"Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances."
"The only security of all is in a free press."
"I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."
"I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."
"I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master."
"Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty."
"The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do."
"He who knows best knows how little he knows."
"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."
"I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past."
"The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time."
"The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them; inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods & errors."
"I have a right to nothing which another has a right to take away."
"A little rebellion now and then... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."
"The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object."
"If you want something you've never had, you must be willing to do something you've never done."
"Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear."
"The happiness of society is the end of government."
"I cannot live without books."
"I'm a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it."
"Every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle."
"The most successful war seldom pays for its losses."
"I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend."
"The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers."
"When we see ourselves in a situation which must be endured and gone through, it is best to make up our minds to it, meet it with firmness, and accommodate everything to it in the best way practicable. This lessens the evil; while fretting and fuming only serves to increase your own torments."
"A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine."
"A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have."
"It is better to be alone than in bad company."
"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock."
"I never yet saw an instance of one or two disputants convincing the other by argument."
"Never put off for tomorrow, what you can do today."
"The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government."
"The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave."
"It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness."
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labor of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be."
"I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office."
"Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong."
"An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry."
"Delay is preferable to error."
"The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves the world."
"Agriculture, manufactures, commerce and navigation, the four pillars of our prosperity, are the most thriving when left most free to individual enterprise."
"I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master."
"The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government."
"To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education."
"The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive."
"The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them; inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods & errors."
"An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens."
"I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greece and Rome have left us."
"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground."
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
"Every generation needs a new revolution."
"Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day."
"I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."
"Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom."
"I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."
"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock."
"The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money."
"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude."
"Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing."
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it."
"Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind."
"Honor, justice, and humanity forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us."
"I have often thought that if heaven had given me a choice of my position and calling, it should have been on a rich spot of earth, well watered, and near a good market for the productions of the garden. No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden."
"Experience hath shown, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny."
"It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape."
"Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it."
"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
"A little rebellion now and then is a good thing."
"Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom."
"I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past."
"The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers."
"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing."
"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock."
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."
"When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred."
"The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money."
"Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you."
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
"It is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and occupation, which give happiness."
"I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend."
"Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances."
"The only security of all is in a free press."
"I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."
"I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."
"I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master."
"Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty."
"The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do."
"He who knows best knows how little he knows."
"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."
"I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past."
"The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time."
"The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them; inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods & errors."
"I have a right to nothing which another has a right to take away."
"A little rebellion now and then... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."
"The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object."
"If you want something you've never had, you must be willing to do something you've never done."
"Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear."
"The happiness of society is the end of government."
"I cannot live without books."
"I'm a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it."
"Every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle."
"The most successful war seldom pays for its losses."
"I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend."
"The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers."
"When we see ourselves in a situation which must be endured and gone through, it is best to make up our minds to it, meet it with firmness, and accommodate everything to it in the best way practicable. This lessens the evil; while fretting and fuming only serves to increase your own torments."
"A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine."
"A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have."
"It is better to be alone than in bad company."
"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock."
"I never yet saw an instance of one or two disputants convincing the other by argument."
"Never put off for tomorrow, what you can do today."
"The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government."
"The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave."
"It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness."
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labor of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be."
"I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office."
"Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong."
"An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry."
"Delay is preferable to error."
"The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves the world."
"Agriculture, manufactures, commerce and navigation, the four pillars of our prosperity, are the most thriving when left most free to individual enterprise."
"I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master."
"The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government."
"To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education."
"The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive."
"The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them; inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods & errors."
"An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens."
"I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greece and Rome have left us."
"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground."
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
"Every generation needs a new revolution."
"Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day."
"I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."
"Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom."
"I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."
"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock."
"The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money."
"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude."
"Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing."
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it."
"Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind."
"Honor, justice, and humanity forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us."
"I have often thought that if heaven had given me a choice of my position and calling, it should have been on a rich spot of earth, well watered, and near a good market for the productions of the garden. No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden."
"Experience hath shown, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny."
"It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape."
"Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it."
"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
"A little rebellion now and then is a good thing."
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