Eleanor Roosevelt

It was a wife's duty to be interested in whatever interested her husband, whether it was politics, books, or a read more

It was a wife's duty to be interested in whatever interested her husband, whether it was politics, books, or a particular dish for dinner.

I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read read more

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.

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.

My life can be so arranged that I can live on whatever I have. If I cannot live as I read more

My life can be so arranged that I can live on whatever I have. If I cannot live as I have lived in the past, I shall live differently, and living differently does not mean living with less attention to the things that make life gracious and pleasant or with less enjoyment of things of the mind.

Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.

Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.