Franklin D. Roosevelt

Great power involves great responsibility.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

A war of ideas can no more be won without books than a naval war can be won without ships. Books, like ships, have the toughest armor, the longest cruising range, and mount the most powerful guns.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

All work undertaken should be useful – not just for a day, or a year, but useful in the sense that it affords permanent improvement in living conditions or that it creates future new wealth for the nation.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Every man has a right to life, and this means that he has also a right to make a comfortable living.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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

Franklin D. Roosevelt

True wealth is not a static thing. It is a living thing made out of the disposition of men to create and distribute the good things of life with rising standards of living.

Franklin D. Roosevelt