Benjamin Franklin Stamp Act Quotes & Sayings

Make your friends your teachers and mingle the pleasures of conversation with the advantages of instruction. — Baltasar Gracian

I am able to say that I was very much liked at the school. I even had quite some ascendancy over my comrades, and as soon as I appeared in the school yard, I was surrounded by young friends, most of them bigger than I, but who were quite willing to give the appearance of disciples; they would have defended me furiously if necessary. — Marquis De Lafayette

Leadership is scarce because few people are willing to go through the discomfort required to lead. This scarcity makes leadership valuable ... It's uncomfortable to stand up in front of strangers. It's uncomfortable to propose an idea that might fail. It's uncomfortable to challenge the status quo. It's uncomfortable to resist the urge to settle ... If you're not uncomfortable in your work as a leader, it's almost certain you're not reaching your potential as a leader. — Seth Godin

A fundamentalist can't bring himself or herself to negotiate with people who disagree with them because the negotiating process itself is an indication of implied equality. — Jimmy Carter

I remember him as something left behind upon the road of life - as something I have passed, rather than have actually been - and almost think of him as of someone else. — Charles Dickens