It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead -- and find no one there.

Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

Topics: Funny Quotes, Leadership Quotes

I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not...

I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not...

If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the...

If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the...

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

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 truth is found when men are free to pursue it.

The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.

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

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

Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the...

Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the...

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people....

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people....

We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a...

We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a...

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

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

We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a...

We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a...

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all...

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all...

Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of...

Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of...

We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't...

We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't...

The virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea.

The virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea.

One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best...

One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best...

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.

Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to...

Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to...

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...