Franklin Roosevelt Quotes

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Peace, like charity, begins at home.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

If you treat people right they will treat you right - ninety percent of the time.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Remember you are just an extra in everyone else's play.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

It isn't sufficient just to want - you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.
Franklin D. Roosevelt