Eleanor Roosevelt ( 10 of 52 )
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.
One should always sleep in all of one's guest beds, to make sure that they are comfortable.
One should always sleep in all of one's guest beds, to make sure that they are comfortable.
This living in a democracy is a problem, isn't it?
This living in a democracy is a problem, isn't it?
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.
One of the best ways of enslaving a people is to keep them from education... The second way of enslaving read more
One of the best ways of enslaving a people is to keep them from education... The second way of enslaving a people is to suppress the sources of information, not only by burning books but by controlling all the other ways in which ideas are transmitted.
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.
It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. read more
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.
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.
I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me 'understand' something, it would be clear to all read more
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.
