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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.

“Probably the happiest period in life most frequently is in middle age, when the eager passions of youth are cooled, and the infirmities of age not yet begun as we see that the shadows, which are at morning and evening so large, almost entirely disappear at midday.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Age

All Quotes by Eleanor Roosevelt

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

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Strength

“I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experience behind him.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Experience

“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

“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

“Anyone who thinks must think of the next war as they would of suicide.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

War

“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

“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

“Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Education

“Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Age

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

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Best

“Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Life

“Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Work

“We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Fear

“The giving of love is an education in itself.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Education

“Happiness is not a goal it is a by-product.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Happiness

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

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Life

“Campaign behavior for wives: Always be on time. Do as little talking as humanly possible. Lean back in the parade car so everybody can see the president.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Car

“Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Power

“People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Experience

“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