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Benjamin Franklin Quotes about Happiness

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Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

Benjamin Franklin

Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.279, Barnes & Noble Publishing

Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants.

Benjamin Franklin

Happiness, Witty, Money

The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.

Benjamin Franklin

Happiness, Government, Guarantees

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

Benjamin Franklin

Happiness, Men, Liberty

Benjamin Franklin (2012). “Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.4, Courier Corporation

The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.

Benjamin Franklin

Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

Who is strong? He that can conquer his bad habits.

Benjamin Franklin

Life, Happiness, Strong

Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, p.42, Nayika Publishing

A good conscience is a continual Christmas.

Benjamin Franklin

Happiness, Christmas, Sarcastic

Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.92, Barnes & Noble Publishing

Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.

Benjamin Franklin

Happiness, Inspiring, Graduation

"Dictionary of Thoughts". Book by Tryon Edwards, p. 22, 1908.

It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow.

Benjamin Franklin

Happiness, Desire, Firsts

Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield, James Forrester, Hugh Blair, James Fordyce, William Cecil Baron Burghley (1831). “Practical Morality; Or, A Guide to Men and Manners: Consisting of Lord Chesterfield's Advice to His Son. To which is Added, a Supplement Containing Extracts from Various Books, Recommended by Lord Chesterfield to Mr. Stanhope. Together with the Polite Philosopher; Or, An Essay on the Art which Makes a Man Hapopy in Himself, and Agreeable to Others; Dr. Blair's Advice to Youth; Dr. Fordyce on Honour as a Principle; Lord Burghley's Ten Percepts to His Son; Dr. Franklin's Way to Wealth; and Pope's Universal Prayer”, p.175

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Benjamin Franklin

Inspirational, Happiness, Peace

Benjamin Franklin, William-Temple Franklin (1818). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of (the Same), Continued to the Time of His Death by William Temple Franklin. - London, H. Colburn 1818”, p.270

Happiness consists more in small conveniences or pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of his life.

Benjamin Franklin

Life, Happiness, Men

Benjamin Franklin (1840). “The works of Benjamin Franklin: with notes and a life of the author by J. Sparks”, p.280

If you teach a poor young man to shave himself, and keep his razor in order, you may contribute more to the happiness of his life than in giving him a thousand guineas.

Benjamin Franklin

Life, Happiness, Men

Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin”, p.197, Applewood Books

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.

Benjamin Franklin

Inspirational, Happiness, Wise

Benjamin Franklin (2007). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.66, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

If you would not be laughed at, be the first to laugh at yourself.

Benjamin Franklin

Happiness, Laughter, Laughing

There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means - either may do - the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier.

Benjamin Franklin

Happiness, Being Happy, Mean

If you wouldn't live long, live well; for folly and wickedness shorten life.

Benjamin Franklin

Happiness, Time, Life Is Short

I was surprised to find myself so much fuller of Faults than I had imagined, but I had the Satisfaction of seeing them diminish.

Benjamin Franklin

Happiness, Satisfaction, Faults

Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks (1848). “The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Containing the Autobiography, with Notes and a Continuation”, p.112

In order to be happy you need a good dog, a good woman, and ready money.

Benjamin Franklin

Funny, Happiness, Dog

Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy.

Benjamin Franklin

Happiness, Virtue, Virtuous

Benjamin Franklin, Henry Stueber, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress) (1794). “Works of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin: consisting of his life, written by himself : together with essays, humourous, moral & literary, chiefly in the manner of the Spectator : in two volumes”

By heaven we understand a state of happiness infinite in degree, and endless in duration.

Benjamin Franklin

Happiness, Heaven, Degrees

We are not so sensible of the greatest Health as of the least Sickness.

Benjamin Franklin

Happiness, Sickness, Sensible

Benjamin Franklin (2007). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.45, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

A cheerful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather.

Benjamin Franklin

Happiness, Weather, Healthy

On the whole, though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it, yet I was, by the endeavor, a better and a happier man than I otherwise should have been had I not attempted it.

Benjamin Franklin

Happiness, Men, Should Have

Benjamin Franklin (1818). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ..., 1”, p.138

What is without us has no connection with happiness, only so far as the preservation of our lives and health depends upon it. . . . Happiness springs immediately from the mind.

Benjamin Franklin

Life, Happiness, Spring

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