Franklin D. Roosevelt Top 10 Quotes

Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Quoted in The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1950)

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.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Second Inaugural Address, 1937)

We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Speech, 1941)

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Speech, 1935)

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

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Speech, 1936)

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

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Message for Jefferson Day, 1945)

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

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Quoted in Roosevelt's Foreign Policy, 1933-1941)

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (First Inaugural Address, 1933)

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

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Pan American Day Adress, 1939)