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 Copy Share Image
Most of the work that's done in the world gets done by people who weren't feeling all that well at the time… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
An economic policy which does not consider the well-being of all will not serve the purposes of peace and the growth of… — 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
Marriage and the up-bringing of children in the home require as well-trained a mind and as well-disciplined a character as any other… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
At all times, day by day, we have to continue fighting for freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom from want...… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
On the whole our armed services have been doing pretty well in the way of keeping us defended, but I hope our… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
If you prepare yourself at every point as well as you can, with whatever means you may have, however meager they may… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
First of my own personal requirements is inner calm. This, I think, is an essential. One of the secrets of using your… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
If human beings can be trained for cruelty and greed and a belief in power which comes through hate and fear and… — 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
Smearing good people like Lauchlin Currie [former administrative assistant to President Roosevelt], Alger Hiss and others is, I think, unforgiveable... Anyone knowing… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
There is no more precious experience in life than friendship. And I am not forgetting love and marriage as I write this;… — 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… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
All human beings have failings, all human beings have needs and temptations and stresses. Men and women who live together through long… — 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
![“Smearing good people like Lauchlin Currie [former administrative assistant to President Roosevelt], Alger Hiss and others is, I think, unforgiveable... Anyone knowing Mr. Currie or Mr. Hiss, who are the two people whom I happen to know fairly well, would not need any denial on their part to know…” quote by Eleanor Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/447/eleanor-roosevelt-381_administrative_smearing-good-people-like-lauchlin-curri_2311126.jpg)
