It isn't sufficient just to want - you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.

Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

Topics: Franklin D Roosevelt Quotes

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of...

The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of...

The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.

The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.

It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than...

It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than...

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in...

I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in...

The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those...

The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those...

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

In our personal ambitions we are individualists. But in our seeking for economic and political...

In our personal ambitions we are individualists. But in our seeking for economic and political...

The United States Constitution has proven itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of...

The United States Constitution has proven itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of...

The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.

The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us....

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us....

Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.

Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant...

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant...

War is a contagion.

War is a contagion.

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

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

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

Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is...

Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is...

The path of least resistance is the path of the loser.

The path of least resistance is the path of the loser.

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.

For neither birth, nor wealth, nor honors, can awaken in the minds of men the...

For neither birth, nor wealth, nor honors, can awaken in the minds of men the...