FDR Quotes – Inspiring Words from Franklin D. Roosevelt

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

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. – FDR

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

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 too little. – FDR

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

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

No country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human resources. – FDR

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. – FDR

The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the government. – FDR

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved. – FDR

Judge me by the enemies I have made. – FDR

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

The only way to have a friend is to be one. – FDR

Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you’ll be criticized anyway. – FDR

Men and nature must work hand in hand. – FDR

FDR Quotes – Inspiring Words from Franklin D. Roosevelt part 2

A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land. – FDR

The only thing we need to fear is our own complacency. – FDR

You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do. – FDR

We must scrupulously guard the civil rights and civil liberties of all citizens, whatever their background. – FDR

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made. – FDR

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. – FDR

The value of love will always exceed the value of hate. That’s why love is in control. – FDR

The only path to success is through consistent and persistent effort. – FDR

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

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

Yesterday, December 7, 1941 – a date which will live in infamy. – FDR

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. – FDR

The future is still beyond our vision, but it is darkened by the clouds of war. – FDR

The world order which we seek is the cooperation of free countries, working together in a friendly, civilized society. – FDR

We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses. – FDR

Freedom means the supremacy of the human rights everywhere. – FDR

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

A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted in the air. – FDR

No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities. – FDR

I am neither bitter nor cynical, but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking. – FDR

A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. – FDR

I have seen war. I have seen war on land and sea. I have seen blood running from the wounded. – FDR

Remember, you are just an extra in everyone else’s play. – FDR

The hope of the world lies in the cooperation of nations. – FDR

I am certain that my fellow Americans expect that on my induction into the Presidency, I will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of our Nation impels. – FDR

We must scrupulously guard the civil rights and civil liberties of all citizens, whatever their background. – FDR

True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else. – FDR

Government is service and the impartial administration of agreed-upon laws. – FDR

The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written. – FDR

There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great. – FDR