A democratic form of government, a democratic way of life, presupposes free public education over a long period; it presupposes also an… — 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
This is a strange, little, complacent country [Switzerland], in many ways a USA in miniature but of course nearer the center of… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product. Paradoxically, the one sure way not to be happy is deliberately to map… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
practically nothing we do ever stands by itself. If it is good, it will serve some good purpose in the future. If… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
To tell the people in the West not to use their cars means that these people may never see another soul for… — 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