Quotes by Eleanor Roosevelt

About Eleanor Roosevelt:

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was an American politician, diplomat, and activist. She was the longest-serving First Lady of the United States, holding the post from March 1933 to April 1945 during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office. President Harry S. Truman later called her the "First Lady of the World" in tribute to her human rights achievements.
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A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think.

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It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.

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Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.

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Understanding is a two-way street.

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What you don't do can be a destructive force.

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It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.

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It is not more vacation we need - it is more vocation.

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I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.

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In all our contacts it is probably the sense of being really needed and wanted which gives us the greatest satisfaction and creates the most lasting bond.

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Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.

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Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.

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When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?

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The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.

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There are practical little things in housekeeping which no man really understands.

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Hate and force cannot be in just a part of the world without having an effect on the rest of it.

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I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me 'understand' something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country.

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As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.

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What one has to do usually can be done.

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The Bible illustrated by Dore occupied many of my hours - and I think probably gave me many nightmares.

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The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.

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One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility

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Author Bio

  • NameEleanor Roosevelt
  • Descriptionwife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and First Lady of the United States
  • AliasesAnna Eleanor Roosevelt
  • BornOctober 11, 1884
  • DiedNovember 7, 1962
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionDiplomat; Writer; Autobiographer; Politician
  • AwardsUnited Nations Prize In The Field Of Human Rights; Gandhi Peace Award; National Women's Hall Of Fame