Some people can never understand that you have to wait, even for the best of things, until the right time comes.

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.

If you've delayed achieving your goals, have you ever asked yourself, "What's stopping you?

No one cares what YOU want, they only care about themselves.

Asking for forgiveness is just one of the most painful kind of experiences.

But tolerance by itself can be a cover for moral laziness.

Since when has Finland been a rotten place to live in?

I'm not conservative, but I am kind of clean living in my own life.

A billion dollars every week for Iraq, $87 billion for Iraq. We can't get $5 billion for childcare over five years in welfare reform.

Its difficult to do something radically new, unless you are at the heart of a company.

We are growing serious, and, let me tell you, that's the very next step to being dull.

Fly Away changed my life. There are certain songs that do. When I won the Grammy, I was in Paris. I sort of forgot about it.