Thomas Jefferson Inspirational Quotes

• Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Positive, Wisdom

  Thomas Jefferson (1854). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson”, p.112

• In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Thomas Jefferson (2013). “The Jefferson Bible [annotated]: Original Old English Version and Modern Updates to The Jefferson Bible”, p.139, BookBaby

• Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

  Thomas Jefferson (2004). “Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness”, p.10, Modern Library

• 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

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

• A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both, and deserve neither.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Success, Order

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

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Life, Integrity

  Thomas Jefferson, H. A. Washington (2011). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private”, p.28, Cambridge University Press

• I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Love, Inspirational, Graduation

  Thomas Jefferson, Joyce Appleby, Terence Ball (1999). “Jefferson: Political Writings”, p.53, Cambridge University Press

• I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Success, Determination

• 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

  Inspirational, Time, Patriotic

  Thomas Jefferson, Jerry Holmes (2002). “Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts”, p.86, Rowman & Littlefield

• Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Friendship, Peace

  Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Memoir, correspondence, and miscellanies from the papers of T. Jefferson”

• I hold the precepts of Jesus as delivered by Himself, to be the most pure, benevolent and sublime which have ever been preached to man.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Jesus, Men

  Thomas Jefferson, Henry Augustine Washington (1854). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, cont”, p.185

• The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Teaching

• Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

• Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have remover their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Bible, God

  Notes on the State of Virginia, query 18 (1781 - 1785)

• What we learn to do, we learn by doing.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Educational, Learning

• We never repent of having eaten too little.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Food, Weight Loss

  Letter to Thomas Jefferson Smith, 21 February (1825)

• Health is worth more than learning.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Fitness

  Thomas Jefferson (1984). “Jefferson: Writings”, p.1245, Library of America

• The art of life is the art of avoiding pain.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  Letter to Maria Cosway, 12 October (1786)

• Difference of opinion is helpful in religion.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Life, Differences

• The hole and the patch should be commensurate.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Design, Holes

  Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Memoirs, correspondence and private papers of Thomas Jefferson, ed. by T.J. Randolph”

• Certainly one of the highest duties of the citizen is a scrupulous obedience to the laws of the nation. But it is not the highest duty.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Law

• It will take a thousand years for the frontier to reach the Pacific

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Years, Thousand

• In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Life, Birthday

  "Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness".

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