Inspirational Quotes by Franklin P. Jones

Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they’re going to catch you in next.
—Franklin P. Jones
Topics: Children

Bravery is being the only one who knows you’re afraid.
—Franklin P. Jones
Topics: Brave, Courage

All women should know how to take care of children. Most of them will have a husband some day.
—Franklin P. Jones
Topics: Children

A bargain is something you can’t use at a price you can’t resist.
—Franklin P. Jones
Topics: Shopping

It’s the opinion of some that crops could be grown on the moon; which raises the fear that it may not be long before we’re paying somebody not to.
—Franklin P. Jones
Topics: Opinions

Mincing your words makes it easier if you have to eat them later.
—Franklin P. Jones
Topics: Eating

Anyone who profits from the experience of others probably writes biographies.
—Franklin P. Jones
Topics: Biography

Untold suffering seldom is.
—Franklin P. Jones
Topics: Complaining

You are what you eat. For example, if you eat garlic you’re apt to be a hermit.
—Franklin P. Jones
Topics: Eating

Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger.
—Franklin P. Jones
Topics: Criticism, Just for Fun, Critics

Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
—Franklin P. Jones
Topics: Mistakes, Experience

It’s a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you into hot water.
—Franklin P. Jones
Topics: Language

Asking for advice is how some people trap you into expressing an opinion they can disagree with.
—Franklin P. Jones

One thing you will probably remember well is any time you forgive and forget.
—Franklin P. Jones
Topics: Forgiveness

An autobiography usually reveals nothing bad about its writer except his memory.
—Franklin P. Jones
Topics: Autobiography

The trouble with being punctual is that nobody’s there to appreciate it.
—Franklin P. Jones
Topics: Punctuality

Nothing makes you more tolerant of a neighbor’s noisy party than being there.
—Franklin P. Jones
Topics: Neighbors

Most people like hard work. Particularly when they are paying for it.
—Franklin P. Jones

Originality is the art of concealing your source.
—Franklin P. Jones
Topics: Originality

Anybody who thinks talk is cheap should get some legal advice.
—Franklin P. Jones
Topics: Law, Lawyers

Anybody who doesn’t know what soap tastes like never washed a dog.
—Franklin P. Jones
Topics: Dogs

What makes resisting temptation difficult for many people is they don’t want to discourage it completely.
—Franklin P. Jones
Topics: Self-Control

The easiest way to solve a problem is to pick an easy one.
—Franklin P. Jones
Topics: Problems

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper bringing-up, a sound set of values—and witnesses.
—Franklin P. Jones
Topics: Self-Control

You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.
—Franklin P. Jones
Topics: Children, Patience

The British have a remarkable talent for keeping calm, even when there is no crisis.
—Franklin P. Jones
Topics: Nationality, Nationalities, Nation, Nationalism