Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
ProgressDevelopmentNation BuildingEvolution I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still in the making.
EducationKnowledgeAutonomyGovernance No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of knowledge with which true education is concerned.
CooperationCompetitionProgress Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off.
Economic ProgressPolitical ProgressInterdependence In our seeking for economic and political progress, we all go up - or else we all go down.
Human NatureWealthPrioritiesPerspectiveComplaining It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
ActionPerseveranceTrial and Error It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
HumorProportion The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.
RecoveryPerseveranceHopeNational Pride If we can boondoggle ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be enshrined in the hearts of the American people for years to come.
PeaceAnti-WarConflict ResolutionDiplomacy More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars - yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between governments.
DemocracyVoter PowerSelf-GovernanceCivic Responsibility Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.
DestinyGenerationsResponsibility There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.
StagnationResistance A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
OverloadBurdenLimitation Are you laboring under the impression that I read these memoranda of yours? I can't even lift them.
ActionEffortAdaptability One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best we know how at the moment... If it doesn't turn out right, we can modify it as we go along.
FreedomEconomic SecurityIndependence True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.
VotingCivic DutyResponsibilityDemocracyRights Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.
ActionPlanningInitiativeGoal 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.
TaxesAbility to PayPrinciple Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
InclusivityUnityEquality We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.
MindsetFreedomSelf-Empowerment Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
PoliticsMaturity I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
RelationshipPeaceCoexistenceSurvivalUnity If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.
DemocracyEducationWisdom Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
DoubtAspirationPotentialCourageGrowth The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
ProgressStagnationInitiativeChangeGrowth There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
Environmental DestructionConsequences of ActionRecognition of ImpactSustainabilityNational Survival The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
KindnessCrueltyToughnessResilienceBalance Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.
SolidarityProactive BehaviorLabor RightsCollaborationEmpowerment If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union.
ArtConnectionInclusivityCreativityVitality Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all living and creating peoples.
ActionAdaptabilityCourageInitiative Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another. But by all means, try something.
EducationFuture GenerationsDevelopmentResource AllocationPrioritization The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
PreventionProactivityVigilanceInitiative When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
FreedomGovernment StrengthEducationPeople's SovereigntyBalance The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.
ReciprocityKindnessTrustConsequence If you treat people right they will treat you right... ninety percent of the time.
PeaceLibertyGovernanceCivic Virtue I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments.
Economic StabilityDemocracyGovernment's RoleEmploymentCivic Duty Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men.
Environmental DegradationAir QualityHuman Well-BeingNature And Human Life Support SystemsSustainable Resource Management A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.