Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel in order to be tough. Franklin Roosevelt on kindness
We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we now know that it is bad economics. Franklin Roosevelt on selfishness
The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly. Theodore Roosevelt on conflict
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. Theodore Roosevelt on courage
No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it. Theodore Roosevelt on law
Does the road wind up-hill all the way? Yes, to the very end. Will the day's journey take the whole long day? From morn to night, my friend. Christina Rossetti on journey
A man is not old as long as he is seeking something. Jean Rostand on age
It isn't enough for you to love money - it's also necessary that money should love you. Mayer Rothschild on wealth
Days of absence, sad and dreary, Clothed in sorrow's dark array, Days of absence, I am weary; She I love is far away. Jean J. Rousseau on absence
To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to kn Jean J. Rousseau on adversity
A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue. Jean J. Rousseau on liberty
A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a witty person, but a pebble in the hands of a fool. John Roux on quotations
My advice to any diplomat who wants to have a good press is to have two or three kids and a dog. Carl Rowan on advice
There’s no business like show business. Irving Berlin on business
Success is one unpardonable sin against one's fellows. Irving Berlin on success
We emphasize that we believe in change because we were born of it, we have lived by it, we prospered and grew great by it. So the status quo has never been our god, and we ask no one else to bow down before it. Carl T. Rowan on change
No bounds his head long, vast ambition knows. Rowe on ambition
A bachelor never quite gets over the idea that he is a thing of beauty and a boy forever. Helen Rowland on beauty
Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the common-sense. Helen Rowland on love