The greatest tragedy of old age is the tendency for the old to feel unneeded, unwanted, and of no use to anyone;… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
You [future first ladies] will feel that you are no longer clothing yourself, you are dressing a public monument. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
If you take stands in any way and people feel that you have any success in - a following, why those who… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
To some of us, hunger was more academic than real, but we must try to develop the ability to feel the urgency… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I feel quite sure that what the American people lack is knowledge. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Franklin [D. Roosevelt] had a good way of simplifying things. He made people feel that he had a real understanding of things… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I consider those are rich who are doing something they feel worthwhile and which they enjoy doing. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
When you have decided what you believe, what you feel must be done, have the courage to stand alone and be counted — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Up to a certain point it is good for us to know that there are people in the world who will give… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I would not be happy unless I had some regular work to do every day and I imagine that I will always… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I feel quite sure that the American people, if they have knowledge and leadership, can meet any crisis just as well as… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
To appear to be on the inside and know more than others about what is going on is a great temptation for… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
If everything was in your favor, if you did not have to surmount any great mountains, then you have nothing to be… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I believe that it is a great mistake not to stand up for people, even when you differ with them, if you… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without being related to you and repeatedly questioning why you're in nonprofit. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
experience should teach us that it is always the unexpected that does occur. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
To be mature you have to realize what you value most... Not to arrive at a clear understanding of one's own values is a… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I'm enormously interested in freedom and retaining the right to have whatever economy we want and to shape it as we want and a… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
When you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The destiny of human rights is in the hands of all our citizens in all our communities. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
You can never really live anyone else's life, not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you've… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“One of the things I believe most intensely is that every child’s why should be answered with care—and with respect. If you do not… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
What we must learn to do is to create unbreakable bonds between the sciences and the humanities. We cannot procrastinate. The world of the… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in the life of mankind,… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image