Quotes
Quotes - Roosevelt
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. In this life we get nothing save by effort.
Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.
There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.
No man is above the law, and no man is below it.
If I have erred, I err in company with Abraham Lincoln.
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. -Eleanor Roosevelt.
You must do the thing you think you cannot do. -Eleanor Roosevelt.
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
It is better to be faithful than famous.
It is better to be faithful than famous.
The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly.
The money-changers have fled from their high seats in the temple of our civilization. We may now restore that temple to the ancient truths.
We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.
Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith.
The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
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.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!
When you come to the end of your rope...tie a knot and hang on.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give. -Eleanor Roosevelt.
Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.
It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.
