Eleanor Roosevelt

It is better to light 1 candle
than to curse the darkness.

It is better to light 1 candle
than to curse the darkness.

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.

Never allow a person to tell you "no" who doesn't have the power to say "yes."

Never allow a person to tell you "no" who doesn't have the power to say "yes."

I would not be happy unless I had some regular work to do every day and I imagine that I read more

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.

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. read more

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.