Monday, August 10, 2026
Here are notable quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt:
On Fear & Courage
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“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
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“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.”
On Democracy
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“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.”
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“In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.”
On War & Freedom
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“Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere.”
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“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
(Note: This quote is often attributed to Roosevelt, but it was originally written by Benjamin Franklin.)
On Action & Leadership
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“Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.”
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“Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.”
— by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Saturday, August 1, 2026
Here are meaningful quotes by Mother Teresa.
“Spread love everywhere you go.”
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“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”
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“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”
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“Peace begins with a smile.”
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“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.”
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“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”
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“Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.”
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“Do ordinary things with extraordinary love.”
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“Let us always meet each other with smile.”
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“It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.”
Friday, July 24, 2026
Some most famous quotes by Francis Bacon, the English philosopher, statesman, and pioneer of the scientific method.
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“Knowledge is power.”
(From Meditationes Sacrae, 1597 — often quoted in shortened form.)
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“Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.”
— From Essays
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“A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.”
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“Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.”
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“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.”
— From Essays
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“Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.”
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“Silence is the virtue of fools.”
— by Francis Bacon
