F. D. Roosevelt Quotes

The giving of love is an education in itself.

To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

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

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

Happiness is not a goal it is a byproduct.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart

A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader, a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves.

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.

Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.

A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.

Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.

People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.

Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.

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.

This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.

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 little.

Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.

Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.

When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.

The value of love will always be stronger than the value of hate. Any nation or group of nations which employs hatred eventually is torn to pieces by hatred.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'

We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future.

Pit race against race, religion against religion, prejudice against prejudice. Divide and conquer! We must not let that happen here.

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.

We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.

It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.

A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.

What America needs now is a drink.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.

Nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says, ‘It can’t be done.’

Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.

If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me.

Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.

Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.

Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.

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