Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd President of the United States, 1882-1945
14 quotes.
Quotes by 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.
- Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
- It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
- Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.
- Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
- The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
- The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith.
- The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
- There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.
- There is no fatality which forces the Old World towards new catastrophe. Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds. They have within themselves the power to become free at any moment.
- We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.
- We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future.
- When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
- In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.