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Eleanor Roosevelt

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Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) was an American political figure, diplomat, and activist who served as First Lady from 1933 to 1945. Far more than a ceremonial figure, she was a driving force for human rights, serving as chair of the UN Commission that drafted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Her courage and outspokenness redefined the role of First Lady.

“Actors are one family over the entire world.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Family

All Quotes by Eleanor Roosevelt

“I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Life

“Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Politics

“I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Birthday

“I can not believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Best

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Courage

“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Motivational

“We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Courage

“My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Best

“A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Women

“You can't move so fast that you try to change the mores faster than people can accept it. That doesn't mean you do nothing, but it means that you do the things that need to be done according to priority.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Change

“Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Good

“Women are like teabags. We don't know our true strength until we are in hot water!”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Strength

“I'm so glad I never feel important, it does complicate life!”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Life

“Autobiographies are only useful as the lives you read about and analyze may suggest to you something that you may find useful in your own journey through life.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Life

“One's philosophy is not best expressed in words it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Best

“I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Good

“Great minds discuss ideas average minds discuss events small minds discuss people.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Great

“You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Best

“The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Women

“Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry is own weight, this is a frightening prospect.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Freedom