Few facts about Eleanor Roosevelt:
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was the First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945 (as the wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt)
Eleanor Roosevelt was an author, speaker, politician, and activist for the New Deal coalition.
Eleanor Roosevelt was a delegate to the UN General Assembly from 1945 and 1952
President Truman called her the “First Lady of the World” in tribute to her human rights achievements.
Eleanor Roosevelt was an honorary member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
Here are some famous quotes by Eleanor Roosevelt:
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.
As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.
We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.
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.
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.
Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That’s why we call it ‘The Present’
Life has got to be lived-that’s all that there is to it.
Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you’ll be criticized anyway. You’ll be damned if you do, and damned if you don’t.
Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one
Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say
yes.
You always admire what you really don’t understand.
No man is defeated without until he has first been defeated within.
Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
I have learned long ago to possess my soul in patience and accept the inevitable.
Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else.
Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
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.
It’s better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.
You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude
Hate and force cannot be in just a part of the world without having an effect on the rest of it.
It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do …
Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do.
I can not believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.
What could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail?
I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role.
To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.
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You know when I read things about both Eleanor and Franklin, I take them, and thinkg of them with more than a little… whats the rest of the story.
Below is part of the wikipedia entry from Teddy Roosevelt Jr. A man who I really admire, just like I do his father President Teddy Roosevelt.
http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Roosevelt