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1. Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. - Thomas Jefferson
2. Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom. - Thomas Jefferson
3. The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do. - Thomas Jefferson
4. The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers. - Thomas Jefferson
5. On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock. - Thomas Jefferson
6. I'm a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. - Thomas Jefferson
7. I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it. - Thomas Jefferson
8. Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances. - Thomas Jefferson
9. 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. - Thomas Jefferson
10. There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people. - Thomas Jefferson
11. I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more. - Thomas Jefferson
12. I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led. - Thomas Jefferson
13. I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. - Thomas Jefferson
14. Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it. - Thomas Jefferson
15. Every day is lost in which we do not learn something useful. Man has no nobler or more valuable possession than time. - Thomas Jefferson
16. If you want something you've never had, you must be willing to do something you've never done. - Thomas Jefferson
17. Be polite to all, but intimate with few. - Thomas Jefferson
18. He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors. - Thomas Jefferson
19. Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppression of the body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day. - Thomas Jefferson
20. Every human being must be viewed according to what it is good for. For not one of us, no, not one, is perfect. And were we to love none who had imperfection, this world would be a desert for our love. - Thomas Jefferson
21. He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
22. A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many. - Thomas Jefferson
23. Never trouble another for what you can do yourself. - Thomas Jefferson
24. I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. - Thomas Jefferson
25. Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong. - Thomas Jefferson
26. Always take hold of things by the smooth handle. - Thomas Jefferson
27. Do not be too severe upon the errors of the people, but reclaim them by enlightening them. - Thomas Jefferson
28. Everything yields to diligence. - Thomas Jefferson
29. 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 blind-folded fear. - Thomas Jefferson
30. But every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. - Thomas Jefferson
31. When the subject is strong, simplicity is the only way to treat it. - Thomas Jefferson
32. The art of life is the art of avoiding pain. - Thomas Jefferson
33. Nothing was or is farther from my intentions, than to enlist myself as the champion of a fixed opinion, where I have only expressed doubt. - Thomas Jefferson
34. I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another. - Thomas Jefferson
35. I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true old man's milk and restorative cordial. - Thomas Jefferson
36. The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family. - Thomas Jefferson
37. It is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and occupation which give happiness. - Thomas Jefferson
38. A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit. - Thomas Jefferson
39. No people who are ignorant can be truly free. - Thomas Jefferson
40. 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. - Thomas Jefferson
41. All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. - Thomas Jefferson
42. The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money. - Thomas Jefferson
43. I find as I grow older, I love those most, whom I loved first. - Thomas Jefferson
44. Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching. - Thomas Jefferson
45. The most fortunate of us, in our journey through life, frequently meet with calamities and misfortunes which may greatly afflict us; and, to fortify our minds against the attacks of these calamities and misfortunes, should be one of the principal studies and endeavors of our lives. - Thomas Jefferson
46. Everything is useful which contributes to fix in the principles and practices of virtue. - Thomas Jefferson
47. Self-love is no part of morality. Indeed it is exactly its counterpart. It is the sole antagonist of virtue leading us constantly by our propensities to self-gratification in violation of our moral duties to others. - Thomas Jefferson
48. The art of life is the art of avoiding pain; and he is the best pilot, who steers clearest of the rocks and shoals with which it is beset. - Thomas Jefferson
49. Half a loaf is better than no bread. - Thomas Jefferson
50. Never spend your money before you have it. - Thomas Jefferson
51. I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or admit a right of inquiry into the religious opinions of others. - Thomas Jefferson
52. The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of force may destroy but cannot dis-join them. - Thomas Jefferson
53. It is while we are young that the habit of industry is formed. If not then, it never is afterward. - Thomas Jefferson
54. Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning. - Thomas Jefferson
55. The contest is not between Us and Them, but between Good and Evil, and if those who would fight Evil adopt the ways of Evil, Evil wins. - Thomas Jefferson
1. Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. - Thomas Jefferson
2. Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom. - Thomas Jefferson
3. The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do. - Thomas Jefferson
4. The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers. - Thomas Jefferson
5. On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock. - Thomas Jefferson
6. I'm a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. - Thomas Jefferson
7. I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it. - Thomas Jefferson
8. Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances. - Thomas Jefferson
9. 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. - Thomas Jefferson
10. There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people. - Thomas Jefferson
11. I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more. - Thomas Jefferson
12. I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led. - Thomas Jefferson
13. I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. - Thomas Jefferson
14. Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it. - Thomas Jefferson
15. Every day is lost in which we do not learn something useful. Man has no nobler or more valuable possession than time. - Thomas Jefferson
16. If you want something you've never had, you must be willing to do something you've never done. - Thomas Jefferson
17. Be polite to all, but intimate with few. - Thomas Jefferson
18. He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors. - Thomas Jefferson
19. Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppression of the body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day. - Thomas Jefferson
20. Every human being must be viewed according to what it is good for. For not one of us, no, not one, is perfect. And were we to love none who had imperfection, this world would be a desert for our love. - Thomas Jefferson
21. He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
22. A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many. - Thomas Jefferson
23. Never trouble another for what you can do yourself. - Thomas Jefferson
24. I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. - Thomas Jefferson
25. Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong. - Thomas Jefferson
26. Always take hold of things by the smooth handle. - Thomas Jefferson
27. Do not be too severe upon the errors of the people, but reclaim them by enlightening them. - Thomas Jefferson
28. Everything yields to diligence. - Thomas Jefferson
29. 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 blind-folded fear. - Thomas Jefferson
30. But every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. - Thomas Jefferson
31. When the subject is strong, simplicity is the only way to treat it. - Thomas Jefferson
32. The art of life is the art of avoiding pain. - Thomas Jefferson
33. Nothing was or is farther from my intentions, than to enlist myself as the champion of a fixed opinion, where I have only expressed doubt. - Thomas Jefferson
34. I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another. - Thomas Jefferson
35. I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true old man's milk and restorative cordial. - Thomas Jefferson
36. The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family. - Thomas Jefferson
37. It is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and occupation which give happiness. - Thomas Jefferson
38. A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit. - Thomas Jefferson
39. No people who are ignorant can be truly free. - Thomas Jefferson
40. 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. - Thomas Jefferson
41. All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. - Thomas Jefferson
42. The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money. - Thomas Jefferson
43. I find as I grow older, I love those most, whom I loved first. - Thomas Jefferson
44. Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching. - Thomas Jefferson
45. The most fortunate of us, in our journey through life, frequently meet with calamities and misfortunes which may greatly afflict us; and, to fortify our minds against the attacks of these calamities and misfortunes, should be one of the principal studies and endeavors of our lives. - Thomas Jefferson
46. Everything is useful which contributes to fix in the principles and practices of virtue. - Thomas Jefferson
47. Self-love is no part of morality. Indeed it is exactly its counterpart. It is the sole antagonist of virtue leading us constantly by our propensities to self-gratification in violation of our moral duties to others. - Thomas Jefferson
48. The art of life is the art of avoiding pain; and he is the best pilot, who steers clearest of the rocks and shoals with which it is beset. - Thomas Jefferson
49. Half a loaf is better than no bread. - Thomas Jefferson
50. Never spend your money before you have it. - Thomas Jefferson
51. I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or admit a right of inquiry into the religious opinions of others. - Thomas Jefferson
52. The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of force may destroy but cannot dis-join them. - Thomas Jefferson
53. It is while we are young that the habit of industry is formed. If not then, it never is afterward. - Thomas Jefferson
54. Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning. - Thomas Jefferson
55. The contest is not between Us and Them, but between Good and Evil, and if those who would fight Evil adopt the ways of Evil, Evil wins. - Thomas Jefferson
55 Famous Thomas Jefferson quotes and sayings
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