Thomas Jefferson

It is in our lives, and not from our words, that our religion must be read.

Thomas Jefferson

It is more honorable to repair a wrong than to persist in it.

Thomas Jefferson

May I never get too busy in my own affairs that I fail to respond to the needs of others with kindness and compassion.

Thomas Jefferson

Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment in it.

Thomas Jefferson

No government should be without critics. If its intentions are good then it has nothing to fear from criticism.

Thomas Jefferson

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong.

Thomas Jefferson

Power is not alluring to pure minds.

Thomas Jefferson

The art of life is the art of avoiding pain.

Thomas Jefferson

The chief purpose of government is to protect life. Abandon that and you have abandoned all.

Thomas Jefferson

The man who stops advertising to save money is like the man who stops the clock to save time.

Thomas Jefferson