Eleanor Roosevelt

I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most read more

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.

To some of us, hunger was more academic than real, but we must try to develop the ability to feel read more

To some of us, hunger was more academic than real, but we must try to develop the ability to feel the urgency of such a situation.

One of the blessings of age is to learn not to part on a note of sharpness, to treasure the read more

One of the blessings of age is to learn not to part on a note of sharpness, to treasure the moments spent with those we love, and to make them whenever possible good to remember, for time is short.

We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the read more

We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.

An economic policy which does not consider the well-being of all will not serve the purposes of peace and the read more

An economic policy which does not consider the well-being of all will not serve the purposes of peace and the growth of well-being among the people of all nations.