Quotes from Eleanor Roosevelt

Life was meant to be lived.

For instance, it is certain that women do not want a woman for President. Nor would they have the slightest confidence in her ability to fulfill the functions of that office.

Every woman wants to be first to someone sometime in her life and that desire is the explanation for many strange things women do.

Men have to be reminded that women exist.

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

It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.

Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favorable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.

Work is always an antidote to depression.

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

If the use of leisure time is confined to looking at TV for a few extra hours every day, we will deteriorate as a people.

Do one thing everyday that scares you. Those small things that make us uncomfortable help us build courage to do the work we do.

Happiness is not a goal. It's a by-product.

4. If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.

Your life is your own. You mold it. You make it. All anyone can do is to point out ways and means which have been helpful to others. Perhaps they will serve as suggestions to stimulate your own thinking until you know what it is that will fulfill you, will help you to find out what you want to do with your life.

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

Every age is an unknown country.

It seems to me that it is the basic right of any human being to work.

Most of the work that's done in the world gets done by people who weren't feeling all that well at the time that they did it.

... any citizen should be willing to give all that he has to give his country in work or sacrifice in times of crisis.

I would not be happy unless I had some regular work to do every day and I imagine that I will always feel that way no matter how old I am.

I never thought of achievement. I just did what came along for me to do - the thing that gave me the most pleasure.

Actors are one family over the entire world.

What one has to do usually can be done.

Perhaps nature is our best assurance of immortality.