Quote

Keep us at tasks too hard for us that we may be driven to Thee for strength.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Eleanor Roosevelt
Age: 78 †
Born: 1884
Born: October 11
Died: 1962
Died: November 7
Autobiographer
Diplomat
Feminist
Former First Lady Of The United States
Human Rights Activist
Journalist
Peace Activist
Politician
Writer
Manhattan borough
New York City
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt
First Lady of the world
Tasks
Thee
Driven
Strength
Keep
May
Hard

More quotes by Eleanor Roosevelt

Image
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by doing the thing which you think you cannot do.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Image
It is a brave thing to have courage to be an individual it is also, perhaps, a lonely thing. But it is better than not being an individual, which is to be nobody at all.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Image
experience should teach us that it is always the unexpected that does occur.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Image
...conservation of land and conservation of people frequently go hand in hand.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Image
True patriotism springs from a belief in the dignity of the individual, freedom and equality not only for Americans but for all people on earth, universal brotherhood and good will, and a constant and earnest striving toward the principles and ideals on which this country was founded.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Image
Some people are going to leave a mark on this world, while others will leave a stain.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Image
It seems to me that I cannot afford, as a self-respecting individual, to refuse to do a thing merely because it will make me disliked or bring down a storm of criticism on my head.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Image
I'm sure that all the drivers and motorcycle police had once been racing drivers and were eager to get back to that profession.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Image
The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Image
To be a citizen in a democracy, a human being must be given a healthy start.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Image
I believe you should tell the story of injustices, of inequalities, of bad conditions, so that the people as a whole in this country really face the problems that people who are pushed to the point of striking know all about, but others know practically nothing about.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Image
When all is said and done, and statesmen discuss the future of the world, the fact remains that people fight these wars.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Image
I have never believed that war settled anything satisfactorily, but I am not entirely sure that some times there are certain situations in the world such as we have in actuality when a country is worse off when it does not go to war for its principles than if it went to war.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Image
When you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'
Eleanor Roosevelt
Image
Enjoy every minute you have with those you love, my dear, for no one can take joy that is past away from you. It will be there in your heart to live on when the dark days come.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Image
It has been a long fight to put the control of our economic system in the hands of the government.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Image
...without equality there can be no democracy.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Image
You get strength and courage, when you stop to look fear in the face.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Image
No leader can be too far ahead of his followers.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Image
If man is to be liberated to enjoy more leisure, he must also be prepared to enjoy this leisure fully and creatively.
Eleanor Roosevelt