Eleanor RooseveltEveryone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with… ▶371Thought
Eleanor RooseveltAnyone who thinks must think of the next war as they would of suicide.361Thought
Eleanor RooseveltTo handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart. Anger is only one letter short of danger. If someone betrays you once, it is his fault; if he betrays you twic… ▶372HopeHumanityLove
Eleanor RooseveltIf someone betrays you once, it’s their fault; if they betray you twice, it’s your fault.362Death
Eleanor RooseveltProbably 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 sh… ▶351LifeLove
Eleanor RooseveltIt is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself. ✨ Eleanor Roosevelt, David Emblidge (1990). Eleanor Roosevelt's My Day: The post-war years, her accl… ▶373Death
Eleanor RooseveltThe important thing is neither your nationality nor the religion you professed, but how your faith translated itself in your life. ✨ Eleanor Roosevelt (2007). The Eleanor Ro… ▶362HopeHumanityLife
Eleanor RooseveltWe stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in the life of mankind. This declaration may well become the international Magna Carta … ▶373HopeHumanityLife
Eleanor RooseveltThe mobilization of world opinion and methods of negotiation should be developed and used by every nation in order to strengthen the United Nations. ✨ Eleanor Roosevelt, Dav… ▶362Truth
Eleanor RooseveltNo one is all-knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity. ✨ Eleanor Roosevelt (1954). It seems to me362Love
Eleanor RooseveltAt all times, day by day, we have to continue fighting for freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom from want... for these are things that must be gained in peace as we… ▶362Time
Eleanor RooseveltYou [future first ladies] will feel that you are no longer clothing yourself, you are dressing a public monument.352DeathHopeTime
Eleanor RooseveltIf you prepare yourself at every point as well as you can, with whatever means you may have, however meager they may seem, you will be able to grasp opportunity for broader experi… ▶374Life
Eleanor RooseveltTo be mature you have to realize what you value most... Not to arrive at a clear understanding of one's own values is a tragic waste. You have missed the whole point of what life … ▶352Life
Eleanor RooseveltCourage is more exhilarating than fear, and in the long run, it is easier. ✨ Eleanor Roosevelt (1960). You Learn by Living, p.41, Westminster John Knox Press331Life
Eleanor RooseveltThe choices we make are ultimately our responsibility. ✨ Eleanor Roosevelt (1960). You Learn by Living, p.12, Westminster John Knox Press331Life
Eleanor RooseveltWhere, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home. ✨ Eleanor Roosevelt, Allida Mae Black (2013). Courage in a Dangerous World: The Political … ▶375HumanityPolitics
Eleanor RooseveltIf human beings can be trained for cruelty and greed and a belief in power which comes through hate and fear and force, certainly we can train equally well for greatness and mercy… ▶342HumanityLovePolitics
Eleanor RooseveltI know that we will be the sufferers if we let great wrongs occur without exerting ourselves to correct them. ✨ Eleanor Roosevelt, David Emblidge (2009). My Day: The Best of… ▶331Reading
Eleanor RooseveltLove can often be misguided and do as much harm as good, but respect can do only good. It assumes that the other person's stature is as large as one's own, his rights as reasonabl… ▶375Love
Eleanor RooseveltCourage is more exhilarating than fear and in the long run it is easier. We do not have to become heroes over night. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seein… ▶375LifeReadingTime
Eleanor RooseveltAll human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. ✨ Eleanor Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Steve Neal (2002). Eleanor and Harry: The Correspondence of Eleanor Roo… ▶332Humanity
Eleanor RooseveltIt takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are so much afraid of pain that they shut themse… ▶354DeathHumanityLife
Eleanor RooseveltWhat I have learned from my own experience is that the most important ingredients in a child's education are curiosity, interest, imagination, and a sense of the adventure of life… ▶321DeathLife
Eleanor RooseveltWhen you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die. ✨ Quoted in Joseph P. Lash, Eleanor: The Years Alone (1972)354Death
Eleanor RooseveltDo what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't. ✨ How to Stop Worrying and Start Living. B… ▶321LifeLoveReading
Eleanor RooseveltFriends, you and me... you brought another friend... and then there were three... we started our group... our circle of friends... and like that circle... there is no beginning or… ▶376Time
Eleanor RooseveltNo leader can be too far ahead of his followers. ✨ Eleanor Roosevelt (1961). Autobiography343Reflection
Eleanor RooseveltYou always admire what you really don't understand. - Eleanor Roosevelt365Sadness
Eleanor RooseveltNo man is defeated without until he has first been defeated within. ✨ Eleanor Roosevelt (1960). You Learn by Living, p.187, Westminster John Knox Press376Life
