“The purpose of money is to purchase the freedom to pursue that which was useful and interesting.” – Benjamin Franklin

“If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him.” – Benjamin Franklin

“Here sir, the people govern.” – Alexander Hamilton

“Energy and persistence conquer all things.” – Benjamin Franklin

“Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.” – Alexander Hamilton

“A free people [claim] their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate.” – Thomas Jefferson

“By failing to prepare you are preparing to fail.” – Benjamin Franklin

“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.” – Thomas Jefferson

“We have it in our power to begin the world over again.” – Thomas Paine

“Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.” – George Washington

“Well done is better than well said.” – Benjamin Franklin

“To be good and to do good is all we have to do.” – John Adams

“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” – Benjamin Franklin

“A people…who are possessed of the spirit of commerce, who see and who will pursue their advantages may achieve almost anything.” – George Washington

“Beware of rashness, but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward, and give us victories.” – Abraham Lincoln

“Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee.” – Benjamin Franklin

“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

“I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.” – Thomas Jefferson

“A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind…Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks.” – Thomas Jefferson

“We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.” – George Washington

“That government is best which governs least.” – Thomas Jefferson

“Whenever you do something, act as if all the world were watching.” – Thomas Jefferson

“Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” – Benjamin Franklin

“Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” – Thomas Paine

“I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.” – Patrick Henry

“Fear is the passion of slaves.” – Patrick Henry

“The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.” – James Madison

“Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.” – Abraham Lincoln

“Happily for America, happily, we trust, for the whole human race, we pursued a new and more noble course: We accomplished a revolution which has no parallel in the annals of human society.” – James Madison

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” – Benjamin Franklin

“Lost time is never found again.” – Benjamin Franklin

“The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.” – James Madison

“Diligence is the mother of good luck.” – Benjamin Franklin