Eleanor Roosevelt

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

I think I have a good deal of my Uncle Theodore in me, because I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on.

He who learns but does not think is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

Work is always an antidote to depression.

Each time you learn something new you must readjust the whole framework of your knowledge

No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.

Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men.

Sir, a man who cannot get to heaven in a green coat, will not find his way thither the sooner in a gray one.

It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see.

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile – hoping it will eat him last.

Men who for truth and honor’s sake stand fast and suffer long. Brave men who work while others sleep. Who dare while others fly.They build a nation’s pillars deep. And lift them to the sky.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

I teach that all men are mad.

It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other.

Men are respectable only as they respect.

He that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly become corrupt.

Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.

The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.

The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character.

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart’s desire. The other is to gain it.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.