721 Quotes by Eleanor Roosevelt

I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived. Curiosity must be kept alive. One must not, for whatever reason, turn his back on life." Another "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Life is meant to be lived.

Our real battlefield today is Asia and our real battle is the one between democracy and communism. . . . We have to prove to the world and particularly to downtrodden areas of the world which are the natural prey to the principles of communist economics that democracy really brings about happier and better conditions for the people as a whole.

Friendship with oneself is all important.

I consider those are rich who are doing something they feel worthwhile and which they enjoy doing.

It is a rather curious thing to have to divide one's life into personal and official compartments and temporarily put the personal side into its hidden compartment to be taken out again when one's official duties are at an end.

The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government...

...conservation of land and conservation of people frequently go hand in hand.

We must know what we think and speak out, even at the risk of unpopularity.