Franklin and His Thirteen Virtues
What do you think are the essential virtues needed to be a good man or a successful one? Assignment: How can we apply the 13 virtues into our daily life?
Franklin and His Thirteen Virtues
What do you think are the essential virtues needed to be a good man or a successful one?
Franklin and His Thirteen Virtues
Franklin and His Thirteen Virtues
2. The Autobiography
a record of self-improvement simple, direct and concise the 13 virtues
Franklin and His Thirteen Virtues
Works
1. Poor Richard’s Almanac
God helps them that help themselves. Fish and visitors stink in 3 days. At 20 years of age the 40 the Judgment.
Benjamin Franklin
A great writer, statesman, scientist, inventor
Franklin and His Thirteen Virtues
Theory of Electricity
Franklin and His Thirteen Virtues
1. Temperance. Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation. 2. Silence: Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversations; 3. Order: Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time; 4. Resolution: Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve; “Resolution, once habitual, would keep me firm in my endeavors to obtain all the subsequent virtues .” 5. Frugality: Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; i.e. waste nothing;