How does an unlikely bunch of ragtag farmers beat the world's most formidable empire?

The story of the American Revolution could very well be the all-time greatest example of the underdog overcoming the perennial champion.

In honor of the 4th of July, here are some words of wisdom from our esteemed Founding Fathers to inspire you and your team.

The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. PATRICK HENRY

I would not only fight them, but would attack them, for I hold it an established maxim that there is three to one in favor of the party attacking. ALEXANDER HAMILTON

I have not yet begun to fight! JOHN PAUL JONES

We must all hang together, or most assuredly, we shall all hang separately. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

Associate yourself with men of good quality. GEORGE WASHINGTON

Character is much easier kept than recovered. THOMAS PAINE

On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock. THOMAS JEFFERSON

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

A good example is the best sermon. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write things worth reading or do things worth the writing. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

RECOMMENDED READING

Want to learn more about the amazing people who had the courage, vision, teamwork, and leadership to create the United States of America?

Check out the following books:

The Founding Fathers on Leadership by Donald T. Phillips

Revolutionary Strategies of the Founding Fathers by Scott Thorpe

1776 by David McCollough

Founding Brothers by Joseph J. Ellis