Here’s 30 Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Quotes of Strength and Vision. These quotes reflect Roosevelt’s leadership style, his views on governance, and his outlook on life and challenges.
- “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Inaugural Address, March 4, 1933
- “I have seen much human misery, but it is the most heartless thing to turn one’s back on it.” – Attributed, various speeches
- “In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger.” – Address to Congress, December 8, 1941
- “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.” – Attributed, various speeches
- “I am not a Liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves.” – Attributed, various speeches
- “We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.” – Attributed, various speeches
- “The nation that destroys its soils destroys itself.” – Attributed, various speeches
- “A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward.” – Attributed, various speeches
- “Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.” – Attributed, various speeches
- “The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him.” – Attributed, various speeches
- “There is nothing to fear but fear itself.” – Inaugural Address, March 4, 1933
- “The greatest thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.” – Inaugural Address, March 4, 1933
- “True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence.” – Address to Congress, January 11, 1944
- “We must scrupulously guard the civil rights and civil liberties of all citizens, whatever their background.” – Attributed, various speeches
- “The only way to get things done is to do them yourself.” – Attributed, various speeches
- “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Inaugural Address, March 4, 1933
- “We must always remember that the human mind is capable of greatness, and that it is our duty to use that greatness to build a better world.” – Attributed, various speeches
- “I do not look forward to a life of leisure and rest. I look forward to a life of great action.” – Attributed, various speeches
- “We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.” – Address to Congress, January 11, 1944
- “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Inaugural Address, March 4, 1933
- “In times of economic hardship, it is the duty of government to provide security for its citizens.” – Address to Congress, January 11, 1944
- “I would rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate.” – Attributed, various speeches
- “The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.” – Address to Congress, January 11, 1944
- “We must not only be strong in our own defense but also strong in our resolve to help others.” – Attributed, various speeches
- “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.” – Attributed, various speeches
- “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Inaugural Address, March 4, 1933
- “We have to make our own way in this world, and that means making our own opportunities.” – Attributed, various speeches
- “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Attributed, various speeches
- “We must always be prepared to fight for the right.” – Attributed, various speeches
- “The only way to deal with the future is to confront it head on.” – Attributed, various speeches