The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The mobilization of world opinion and methods of negotiation should be developed and used by every nation in order to strengthen the… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Usefulness, whatever form it may take, is the price we should pay for the air we breathe and the food we eat… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
... any citizen should be willing to give all that he has to give his country in work or sacrifice in times… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
experience should teach us that it is always the unexpected that does occur. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift,… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
If quitting smoking seems hard right now, it is exactly what you should start doing — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I believe you should tell the story of injustices, of inequalities, of bad conditions, so that the people as a whole in… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
This is not a time when women should be patient. We are in a war and we need to fight it with… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
One thing is for sure-none of the arts flourishes on censorship and repression. And by this time it should be evident that… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
All of us ... should remember that no amount of flag-waving, pledging allegiance, or fervent singing of the national anthem is evidence… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Your ambition should be to get as much life out of living as you possibly can, as much enjoyment, as much interest,… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Home-making today should have a background of scientific training because only in this way can real efficiency be achieved. The average girl… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Success is not something that can be measured or worn on a watch or hung on a wall. It is not the… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Do whatever comes your way to do as well as you can. Think as little as possible about yourself. Think as much… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Our children should learn the general framework of their government and then they should know where they come in contact with the… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
If you believe that a nation is really better off which achieves for a comparative few, those who are capable of attaining… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart. Don't be concerned about whether people are watching you… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
It seems to me of great importance to teach children respect for life. Towards this end, experiments on living animals in classrooms… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Criticism ... makes very little dent upon me, unless I think there is some real justification and something should be done. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
You should always own a black dress because no one ever remembers a black dress. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
One should always sleep in all of one's guest beds, to make sure that they are comfortable. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Spiritual leadership should remain spiritual leadership and the temporal power should not become too important in any church. — 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
experience should teach us that it is always the unexpected that does occur. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share
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
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
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
The destiny of human rights is in the hands of all our citizens in all our communities. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share
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
“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
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
Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share
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
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
All of us ... should remember that no amount of flag-waving, pledging allegiance, or fervent singing of the national anthem is evidence that we… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share
If we want a free and peaceful world, if we want to make the deserts bloom and man grow to greater dignity as a… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share
