Masonic Quotes

“We represent a fraternity which believes in justice and truth and honorable action in your community... men who are endeavoring to be better citizens... [and] to make a great country greater.”

“The man who does not control himself can never control others.”

“Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.”

“Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.”

“The real secret of Freemasonry is to make good men better.”

“We are travelers on a cosmic journey, stardust, swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of infinity. Life is eternal. We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other, to meet, to love, to share.”

“Masonry is a progressive science.”

“So live, that when thy summons comes to join the innumerable caravan which moves to that mysterious realm, thou go not like the quarry-slave at night, scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and soothed by an unfaltering trust.”

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”

“Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never.”

“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”

“Freemasonry is founded on the immutable laws of Truth and Justice and its grand object is to promote the happiness of the human race.”

“The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.”

“To be one, ask one.”

“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”

“We meet upon the level and part upon the square.”

“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.”

“The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.”

“A Mason is a man who professes a faith in God. As a man of faith, he uses the tools of moral and ethical truths to serve mankind.”

“I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.”

“He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows nor judge all he sees.”

“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.”

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”

“Masonry unites men of every country, sect, and opinion, and causes true friendship to exist among those who might otherwise have remained at a perpetual distance.”

“The trowel is an instrument made use of by operative Masons to spread the cement which unites a building into one common mass; but we, as Free and Accepted Masons, are taught to make use of it for the more noble purpose of spreading the cement of brotherly love and affection.”

“Morality is the basis of all true character.”

“What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.”

“Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.”

“A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.”

“Freemasonry has no dogmas and the Temple of the Great Architect is open to all religions.”

“Be the change you wish to see in the world.”

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.”

“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”

“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”