Benjamin Franklin Quotes

I told them I was but a man, and they must not expect me to be perfect; if they expected perfection from me, I should expect it from them; but if they would bear with my infirmities and the infirmities of the brethren, I would likewise bear with their infirmities.

If you want to have friends, you have to remember that nobody's perfect.

To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism.

I'm really not that fierce.

Friends are really important, especially when you've had the successes that I've had. I've gone really far in my career, so they're the ones that keep you humble, keep your feet on the ground.

Jesus said, 'Greater things of these you shall do...' Become a peace builder, a bridge builder, not a destroyer, and the way you do that is through friendships and relationships, and through authentic character.

Without humility there can be no humanity.

We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.

Kindness is a passport that opens doors and fashions friends. It softens hearts and molds relationships that can last lifetimes.

A little humility goes a long way.

I like to think I'm a nice guy.

We are not loved by our friends for what we are; rather, we are loved in spite of what we are.

I'm not out here to be showing you I'm this perfect person.

If you want enemies, excel others; if you want friends, let others excel you.

Friendships aren't perfect and yet they are very precious. For me, not expecting perfection all in one place was a great release.

May I never be complete. May I never be content. May I never be perfect.

"I know quite enough of myself," said Bella, with a charming air of being inclined to give herself up as a bad job, "and I don't improve upon acquaintance..."

I would say nobody is perfect. I don't know all the answers. I have don't want to run people's lives and run the world and run the economy. So, my qualifications are a little bit different.

God bears with imperfect beings even when they resist His goodness. We ought to imitate this merciful patience and endurance. It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become toward the defects of other people.

And have the courage to accept that you're not perfect; nothing is, and no one is - and that's OK.

I may be heaven-sent, but I'm not perfect.

The secret of my success is that no woman has ever been jealous of me.

All we can do is to make the best of our friends, love and cherish what is good in them, and keep out of the way what is bad.

It's family, and it's faith, and it's friends, and it's not the glamour of the Presidency, or the wonder of going to receive the Nobel Prize. All those are important, of course. But maybe it's just that I'm 71 years old now. It's family, and it's faith, and it's friends. I would tell them that. Don't forget that. In your brilliance, don't turn your back on your friends. Don't think you're entitled to something, you're smarter than the next guy.

I’m not perfect and I don’t have to be.