Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving U.S. president and the only one to have served more than two terms. His first two terms were centered on combating the Great Depression, while his third and fourth focused on U.S. involvement in World War II. A member of the Democratic Party, Roosevelt served in the New York State Senate from 1911 to 1913 and as the 44th governor of New York from 1929 to 1932.

Quotes

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
The only thing to fear is fear itself.
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.
More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars.
The hopes of the Republic cannot forever tolerate either undeserved poverty or self-serving wealth.
A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who has never learned to walk.
I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird, and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.
It is fun to be in the same decade with you.
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 too little.
We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.

Youth
He [Somoza] may be a son of a bitch, but he's our son of a bitch.
In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.

Freedom
First of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.
Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live on in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.

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

Miscellaneous
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

Miscellaneous
We know that equality of individual ability has never existed and never will, but we do insist that equality of opportunity still must be sought.

America
A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted in the air.

Miscellaneous
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Motivation & Goals