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
Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.
It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.
Nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says, ‘It can’t be done.’
Nothing we learn in this world is ever wasted.
Anger is one letter short of danger.
It seems to me that it is the basic right of any human being to work.
The freedom of man, I contend, is the freedom to eat.
We don't become heroes overnight." - One step at a time, eventually discovering we have the strength to stare it down.
...without equality there can be no democracy.
A day out-of-doors, someone I loved to talk with, a good book and some simple food and music - that would be rest.