Inspiring Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt – Words of Wisdom from a Great Leader

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

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.

In every crisis, there is an opportunity.

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

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

A request for a job doesn’t have to be a pleas for charity; it can be a challenge to the dignity of man.

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.

The pleasures of creating and of serving others are the greatest of life.

The greatest gift of life is friendship.

Real power does not descend from the heavens, the heavens, it descends from the human heart.

The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone else to blame it on.

We face our common difficulties together and we must face them together.

In American history, we tell ourselves that the story is about energy, about getting there first.

The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people.

Worrying is like paying a debt you don’t owe.

We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.

Action is the real measure of intelligence.

The brightest hope of a new order is growing out of this breaking down of old ones.

Taxes, after all, are the price we pay for a civilized society.

To reach a port, we must sail—sail, not tie at anchor—sail, not drift.

History will remember us, not for what we achieved, but for how we inspired others.

One of the greatest resources of our nation is the youth, and they are the hope for the future.

Let us unite in the pursuit of that which is just and right.

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.

The nation that destroys its soils destroys itself.

Understanding is a two-way street.

The structure of world peace cannot be the work of one man, one nation, or one group.

You cannot farm your success without plowing in a field of failure.

There is no greater gift than the gift of honesty.

Only through the cooperation of all nations can we achieve lasting peace.

Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely.

The key to success is action, and the essential in action is perseverance.

The heart of the problem is the problem of the heart.

Freedom is never granted; it is earned.

We are not a fragile people; we are a sturdy race.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

Nothing worth having comes easy.

We must look forward, not back.

The weak and servile must not hold the reins.

People are entitled to happiness, but they must work for it.

Together, we can create a world that our children will be proud to inherit.

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