Quotes by Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt

American "First Lady" and columnist

Lived from: 1884 - 1962

Born: 11 october 1884 Died: 7 november 1962

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  • Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
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  • Perhaps in His wisdom the Almighty is trying to show us that a leader may chart the way, may point out the road to lasting peace, but that many leaders and many peoples must do the building.
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  • My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.
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  • A trait no other nation seems to possess in quite the same degree that we do - namely, a feeling of almost childish injury and resentment unless the world as a whole recognizes how innocent we are of anything but the most generous and harmless intentions.
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  • Do what you feel in your heart to be right. You'll be criticized anyway.
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  • Friendship with our self is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
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  • Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product.
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  • 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.
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  • I cannot believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war and no one will win the next.
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  • I have spent many years of my life in opposition and I like the role.
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  • 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.
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  • I think somehow we learn who we really are and then we live with that decision.
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  • 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 would be curiosity.
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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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  • If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.
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  • If we want a free and peaceful world, if we want to make the deserts bloom and man grow to greater dignity as a human being-we can do it.
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  • It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
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  • It is equality of monotony which makes the strength of the British Isles.
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  • It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
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  • 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.
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What are the most famous quotes from Eleanor Roosevelt?

The two most famous quotes from Eleanor Roosevelt are:

  • "Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world."
  • "Perhaps in His wisdom the Almighty is trying to show us that a leader may chart the way, may point out the road to lasting peace, but that many leaders and many peoples must do the building."

When did Eleanor Roosevelt live?

Eleanor Roosevelt was born in 1884 and died in the year 1962.