Thomas Jefferson

When Injustice Becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.

We Confide In Our Strength, Without Boasting Of It; We Respect That Of Others, Without Fearing It.

Enlighten The People, Generally, And Tyranny And Oppressions Of Body And Mind Will Vanish Like Spirits At The Dawn Of Day.

Laws And Institutions Must Go Hand In Hand With The General Progress Of The Human Mind.

If A Nation Expects To Be Ignorant And Free, In A State Of Civilization, It Expects What Never Was And Never Will Be.

Every Day Is Lost In Which We Do Not Learn Something Useful. Man Has No Nobler Or More Valuable Possession Than Time.

Nothing Gives One Person So Much Advantage Over Another As To Remain Always Cool And Unruffled Under All Circumstances.

The Care Of Human Life And Happiness, And Not Their Destruction, Is The First And Only Object Of Good Government.

To Compel A Man To Furnish Funds For The Propagation Of Ideas He Disbelieves And Abhors Is Sinful And Tyrannical.

The Glow Of One Warm Thought Is To Me Worth More Than Money.

We Should Never Judge A President By His Age, Only By His Works.

I Find That The Harder I Work, The More Luck I Seem To Have.

The Most Valuable Of All Talents Is That Of Never Using Two Words When One Will Do.

The Man Who Reads Nothing At All Is Better Educated Than The Man Who Reads Nothing But Newspapers.

Walking Is The Best Possible Exercise. Habituate Yourself To Walk Very Far.

In Matters Of Style, Swim With The Current; In Matters Of Principle, Stand Like A Rock.

Honesty Is The First Chapter In The Book Of Wisdom.

I Would Rather Be Exposed To The Inconveniences Attending Too Much Liberty Than To Those Attending Too Small A Degree Of It.

Every Difference Of Opinion Is Not A Difference Of Principle.

I Like The Dreams Of The Future Better Than The History Of The Past.

It Is Neither Wealth Nor Splendor, But Tranquility And Occupation Which Give Happiness.

Do Not Bite At The Bait Of Pleasure Till You Know There Is No Hook Beneath It.

Never Trouble Another For What You Can Do For Yourself.

Never Spend Your Money Before You Have Earned It.

I Do Not Take A Single Newspaper, Nor Read One A Month, And I Feel Myself Infinitely The Happier For It.

Educate And Inform The Whole Mass Of The People… They Are The Only Sure Reliance For The Preservation Of Our Liberty.

Do You Want To Know Who You Are? Don’t Ask. Act! Action Will Delineate And Define You.

I Cannot Live Without Books.

When Angry Count To Ten Before You Speak. If Very Angry, Count To One Hundred.

For People Who Are Free, And Who Mean To Remain So, A Well-organized And Armed Militia Is Their Best Security.

I Never Considered A Difference Of Opinion In Politics, In Religion, In Philosophy, As Cause For Withdrawing From A Friend.

A Republican Government Is Slow To Move, Yet Once In Motion It’s Momentum Becomes Irresistible.

The Spirit Of Resistance To Government Is So Valuable On Certain Occasions, That I Wish It Always To Be Kept Alive.

Our Life Is Made By The Death Of Others.

Curiosity Is More Important Than Knowledge.

Individuals Who Keep Growing In Knowledge Are The Ones Who Succeed.

The Best Way To Cheer Yourself Is To Try To Cheer Someone Else Up.

Your Success And Happiness Lie In You.

Life Is Not Complex. We Are Complex. Life Is Simple, And The Simple Thing Is The Right Thing.

Happiness Is Found In Doing, Not Merely Possessing.

Happiness Is A Quality Of The Soul, Not A Function Of One's Material Circumstances.

Knowing Yourself Is The Beginning Of All Wisdom.

Do What You Can, With What You Have, Where You Are.

Suffering Is A Gift. In It Is Hidden Mercy.

The Rule Of The Universe Is That Others Can Do For Us What We Cannot Do For Ourselves, And One Can Paddle Every Canoe Except One's Own.

Fear Defeats More People Than Any Other One Thing In The World.

The Power To Change Your Life Lies In The Simplest Of Steps.

Success Is A Poor Teacher

Don't Be Distracted By Criticism. Remember ~ The Only Taste Of Success Some People Have Is When They Take A Bite Out Of You.

Sometimes Success Isn't About Making The Right Decision, It's More About Making Some Decision.

The People Who Are Crazy Enough To Think They Can Change The World Are The Ones That Do.