Above all, try something

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

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.

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.

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.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

When you spend time worrying, you’re simply using your imagination to create things you don’t want.

To have a good enemy, choose a friend: he knows where to strike.

I think we Americans, of all people, understand the importance of a good, legal, constitutional framework as the basis of political life.

Motherhood is not for the faint-hearted. Frogs, skinned knees, and the insults of teenage girls are not meant for the wimpy.

The one who will be found in trial capable of great acts of love is ever the one who is always doing considerate small ones.

In life the only thing that you can expect is the unexpected; the only surprise is a day that has none.

Think of it! A second chamber selected by the Whips. A seraglio of eunuchs.

I might survive a few days at sea. Probably not as long as Pi.