Author: Franklin D. Roosevelt

Remember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.

(1882 – 1945) 32nd U.S. president

A man with two perfectly good legs who has never learned to walk.

(1882 – 1945) 32nd U.S. president

If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.

(1882 – 1945) 32nd U.S. president

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

(1882 – 1945) 32nd U.S. president

A man with both feet planted firmly in the air.

(1882 – 1945) 32nd U.S. president

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

(1882 – 1945) 32nd U.S. president

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.

(1882 – 1945) 32nd U.S. president

I sometimes think that the saving grace of America lies in the fact that the overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities – a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.

(1882 – 1945) 32nd U.S. president

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

(1882 – 1945) 32nd U.S. president

I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird, and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.

(1882 – 1945) 32nd U.S. president

He may be a son of a bitch, but he’s our son of a bitch.

(1882 – 1945) 32nd U.S. president