Top 80 Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

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.

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.

Remember you are just an extra in everyone else's play.

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

No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of knowledge with which true education is concerned.

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.

If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union.

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

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.