Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
Anna Eleanor Rooseveltwas an American politician, diplomat, and activist. She was the longest-serving First Lady of the United States, having held the post from March 1933 to April 1945 during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office, and served as United States Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly from 1945 to 1952. President Harry S. Truman later called her the "First Lady of the World" in tribute to her human rights achievements...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitical Wife
Date of Birth11 October 1884
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says, ‘It can’t be done.’
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by doing the thing which you think you cannot do.
Someone once asked me what I regarded as the three most important requirements for happiness. My answer was: A feeling that you have been honest with yourself and those around you; a feeling that you have done the best you could both in your personal life and in your work; and the ability to love others.
We will have to want peace, want it enough to pay for it, before it becomes an accepted rule.
A mature person is one who is does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably
A woman is like a teabag, you never know how strong she is until she gets into hot water.
day out-of-doors, someone I loved to talk with, a good book and some simple food and music -- that would be rest.
I think as the century closes draws to a close and we look back on public figures, ... we realize what a giant Eleanor Roosevelt was.
It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself
It is neither unusual nor new for me to have Negro friends, nor is it unusual for me to have found my friends among all races and religions of people.
Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
Pat was a different person. She asked about the children in the hospital, the food, their medical care, education. I liked her very much. She was always what I expected a president's wife to be. She was really down to earth, good to everyone in the Embassy, all the staff.
The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experiences.
Hick darling...I couldn't say je t'aime et je t'adore as I longed to do, but always remember I am saying it, that I go to sleep thinking of you.