Quote

Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart.

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
Interest
Heart
Things

More quotes by Eleanor Roosevelt

Image
Most of the work that's done in the world gets done by people who weren't feeling all that well at the time that they did it.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Image
Government exists for one purpose: to make things better for all people.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Image
Poor minds talk about people average minds talk about events great minds talk about ideas
Eleanor Roosevelt
Image
Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Image
I think if the people of this country can be reached with the truth, their judgment will be in favor of the many, as against the privileged few
Eleanor Roosevelt
Image
To undo a mistake is always harder than not to create one originally but we seldom have the foresight. Therefore we have no choice but to try to correct our past mistakes.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Image
a society in which there is widespread economic insecurity can turn freedom into a barren and vapid right for millions of people.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Image
As life developed, I faced each problem as it came along. As my activities and work broadened and reached out, I never tried to shirk. I tried never to evade an issue. When I found I had something to do--I just did it.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Image
No one from the beginning of time has had security.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Image
The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Image
When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
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
Every woman in public life needs to develop skin as tough as rhinoceros hide.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Image
What I have learned from my own experience is that the most important ingredients in a child's education are curiosity, interest, imagination, and a sense of the adventure of life.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Image
Do one thing everyday that scares you. Those small things that make us uncomfortable help us build courage to do the work we do.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Image
It is equality of monotony which makes the strength of the British Isles.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Image
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
Eleanor Roosevelt
Image
Friends, you and me... you brought another friend... and then there were three... we started our group... our circle of friends... and like that circle... there is no beginning or end.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Image
One has to live in Washington to know what a city of rumors it is.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Image
I am convinced that every effort must be made in childhood to teach the young to use their own minds. For one thing is sure: If they don't make up their minds, someone will do it for them.
Eleanor Roosevelt