When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

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.

Faith in Jesus is the most important event in the history of a child’s life.

Nothing is so soothing to our self-esteem as to find our bad traits in our forebears. It seems to absolve us.

The effect of liberty on individuals is that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do before we risk congratulations.

If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it's not.

Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up.

If it's not an absolute YES, it's a NO

A few years ago, I bought an old red bicycle with the words Free Spirit written across its side - which is exactly what I felt like when I rode it down the street in a tie-dyed dress.

You do look at a lot of movies and many characters seem to be interchangeable.

I've been very much intrigued by and impressed with women. But I've never been intimidated. Even if I make a fool of myself, it's better to have tried.