People Quotes by Eleanor Roosevelt

The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government...

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Beautiful old people are works of art.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Great leaders inspire people to have confidence in themselves.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

One of the best ways of enslaving a people is to keep them from education.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

I feel quite sure that what the American people lack is knowledge.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Government exists for one purpose: to make things better for all people.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

More people are ruined by victory, I imagine, than be defeat.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

America is built on speed. Hot, nasty, badass speed.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

We cannot exist as a little island of well-being in a world where two-thirds of the people go to bed hungry every…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

...no matter how avid they themselves may be for praise and appreciation, people are often niggardly in giving it to others, however…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Perhaps the basic thing which contributes to charm is the ability to forget oneself and be engrossed in other people.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

If the use of leisure time is confined to looking at TV for a few extra hours every day, we will deteriorate…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Terrific minds focus on tips; average minds go over activities; little minds talk about people today.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

...conservation of land and conservation of people frequently go hand in hand.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Will people ever be wise enough to refuse to follow bad leaders or to take away the freedom of other people?

— Eleanor Roosevelt

This freedom of which men speak, for which they fight, seems to some people a perilous thing. It has to be earned…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

You can't move so fast that you try to change the mores faster than people can accept it. That doesn't mean you…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

I believe you should tell the story of injustices, of inequalities, of bad conditions, so that the people as a whole in…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Nearly all great civilizations that perished did so because they had crystallized, because they were incapable of adapting themselves to new conditions,…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

If you take stands in any way and people feel that you have any success in - a following, why those who…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

I do not think I will ever become deadened, because I live in other people's lives, I must admit there are times…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product. For what keeps our interest in life and makes us look forward to…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

I'm intensely anxious to preserve the freedom that gives you the right to think and to act and to talk as you…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart. Anger is only one letter short of danger. If someone…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Smearing good people like Lauchlin Currie [former administrative assistant to President Roosevelt], Alger Hiss and others is, I think, unforgiveable... Anyone knowing…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Do whatever comes your way to do as well as you can. Think as little as possible about yourself. Think as much…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Always be on time. Never try to make any personal engagements. Do as little talking as humanly possible. Never be disturbed by…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in the life…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

All human beings have failings, all human beings have needs and temptations and stresses. Men and women who live together through long…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

People can only make you inferior with your consent.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

People who 'view with alarm' never build anything.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

In our country we must trust the people to hear and see both the good and the bad and to choose the…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Some people are going to leave a mark on this world, while others will leave a stain.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

The people who came to New England, came for freedom of religion. The problem is, freedom of religion to them meant freedom…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

We do not move forward by curtailing people's liberty because we are afraid of what they may do or say.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

I think if the people of this country can be reached with the truth, their judgment will be in favor of the…

— Eleanor Roosevelt