This collection of quotes from Thomas Jefferson includes his most inspirational and motivational quotations. Enjoy!
“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
“The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.”
– Thomas Jefferson
“Educate and inform the whole mass of the people… They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.”
– Thomas Jefferson
“The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.”
– Thomas Jefferson
“I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.”
– Thomas Jefferson
“But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.”
– Thomas Jefferson
“Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.”
– Thomas Jefferson
“For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.”
– Thomas Jefferson
“Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.”
– Thomas Jefferson
“When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.”
– Thomas Jefferson
“I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.”
– Thomas Jefferson
“Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.”
– Thomas Jefferson
“The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.”
– Thomas Jefferson
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