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
Eleanor Roosevelt quotes about
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
The future is literally in our hands to mold as we like. But we cannot wait until tomorrow. Tomorrow is now.
All of life is a constant education.
The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it.
All the water in the world cannot drown you unless it gets inside of you.
When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
It's your life - but only if you make it so. The standards by which you live must be your own standards, your own values, your own convictions in regard to what is right and wrong, what is true and false, what is important and what is trivial. When you adopt the standards and the values of someone else . . . you surrender your own integrity. You become, to the extent of your surrender, less of a human being.
When you adopt the standards and the values of someone else … you surrender your own integrity. You become, to the extent of your surrender, less of a human being.
Life is like a parachute jump, you've got to get it right the first time.
I think if the people of this country can be reached with the truth, their judgment will be in favor of the many, as against the privileged few
Education is the cornerstone of liberty.
I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role.
Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence.
I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experience behind him.