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

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....

Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and...

Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and...

It is fun to be in the same decade with you.

It is fun to be in the same decade with you.

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...

In our seeking for economic and political progress, we all go up - or else...

In our seeking for economic and political progress, we all go up - or else...

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...

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...

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....

There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of...

There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of...

No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of...

No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of...

We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature....

We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature....

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

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

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and...

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and...

War is a contagion.

War is a contagion.

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.

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...

Im not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

Im not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The...

Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The...

Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human change and...

Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human change and...