Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing.

About This Quote

Franklin Delano Roosevelt said, "Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any." He was a busy man and he did a lot of things that would have been difficult for a less busy man. He was a president, a World War II hero, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and an author. In fact, he did so many things that he wrote a book about it all called "The Autobiography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt."

Source: Letters Of Thomas Jefferson

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