Quotes By Eleanor Roosevelt

There are practical little things in housekeeping which no man really understands.

Probably the happiest period in life most frequently is in middle age, when the eager passions of youth are cooled, and the infirmities of age not yet begun; as we see that the shadows, which are at morning and evening so large, almost entirely disappear at midday.

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to 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.'

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?

The Bible illustrated by Dore occupied many of my hours - and I think probably gave me many nightmares.

I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me 'understand' something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country.

The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.

Women are like teabags. We don't know our true strength until we are in hot water!