Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
Anna Eleanor Rooseveltwas an American politician, diplomat, and activist. She was the longest-serving First Lady of the United States, having held the post from March 1933 to April 1945 during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office, and served as United States Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly from 1945 to 1952. President Harry S. Truman later called her the "First Lady of the World" in tribute to her human rights achievements...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitical Wife
Date of Birth11 October 1884
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Pit race against race, religion against religion, prejudice against prejudice. Divide and conquer! We must not let that happen here.
The only joy in this hard life is serving others.
The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader, a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves.
I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role.
I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.
You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.
We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.
Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.
A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.