"Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones"
- Benjamin Franklin
About this Quote
This quote by Benjamin Franklin is a reminder that our actions and practices have a direct influence on our overall worth to the world. It suggests that our good practices should surpass our bad routines in order to have a positive net worth. Our excellent routines are the things that we do that are useful to ourselves and to others, such as being kind, generous, and hardworking. Our bad routines are the important things that we do that are destructive to ourselves and to others, such as slouching, selfish, and unkind. By subtracting our bad habits from our good practices, we can determine our net worth to the world. This quote encourages us to concentrate on our excellent habits and to make every effort to make them exceed our bad practices, so that we can have a favorable net worth to the world.