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

Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921...

Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921...

If we can boondoggle ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be...

If we can boondoggle ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be...

Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another....

Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another....

War is a contagion.

War is a contagion.

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.

Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further,...

Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further,...

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...

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

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

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...

No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers...

No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers...

We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we now know that it...

We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we now know that it...

I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still...

I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still...

We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion and mistrust or...

We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion and mistrust or...

The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The...

The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The...

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

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

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

The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial...

The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial...

I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.

I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.

Are you laboring under the impression that I read these memoranda of yours? I can't...

Are you laboring under the impression that I read these memoranda of yours? I can't...

I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined...

I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined...