"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."
"Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort."
"I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues."
"Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort."
"Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort."
"I have an unshaken conviction that democracy can never be undermined if we maintain our library resources and a national intelligence capable of utilizing them."[Letter to Herbert Putnam; in: Waters, Edward N.: Herbert Putnam: the tallest little man in the world; Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress 33:2 (April 1976), p. 171]"