Inspiration Quote by Thomas Paine — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“The connection between vice and meanness is a fit subject for satire, but when the satire is a fact, it cuts with the irresistible power of a diamond.”

“While the characters of men are forming, as is always the case in revolutions, there is a reciprocal suspicion, and a disposition to misinterpret each other; and even parties directly opposite in principle will sometimes concur in pushing forward the same movement with very different views, and with the hope of its producing very different consequences.”

“He who dares not offend cannot be honest.”

“It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.”

“The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.”

“Nothing, they say is more certain than death, and nothing more uncertain than the time of dying”

“Happiness does not come from having much, but from being attached to little.”

“He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.”

“If a man does his best, what else is there?”

“Just as a flower, which seems beautiful has color but no perfume, so are the fruitless words of a man who speaks them but does them not.”

“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.”

“Be here now. Be someplace else later. Is that so complicated?”