721 Quotes by Eleanor Roosevelt

The constant pressure to bring about conformity is a dangerous thing.

For all of us, as we grow older, perhaps the most important thing is to keep alive our love of others and to believe that our love and interest are as vitally necessary to them as to us. This is what makes us keep on growing and refills the fountains of energy.

Your ambition should be to get as much life out of living as you possibly can, as much enjoyment, as much interest, as much experience, as much understanding. Not simply be what is generally called a 'success.'

Feelings, too, are facts. Emotion is a fact. Human experience is a fact. It is often possible to gain more real insight into human beings and their motivation by reading great fiction than by personal acquaintance.

A respect for the rights of other peoples to determine their forms of government and their economy will not weaken our democracy. It will inevitably strengthen it.

The word liberal comes from the word free. We must cherish and honor the word free or it will cease to apply to us.

In the long run there is no more liberating, no more exhilarating experience than to determine one's position, state it bravely, and then act boldly.

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.

The destiny of human rights is in the hands of all our citizens in all our communities.