Eleanor Roosevelt

Perhaps nature is our best assurance of immortality.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Perhaps the basic thing which contributes to charm is the ability to forget oneself and be engrossed in other people.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Poverty is an expensive luxury. We cannot afford it.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Sailors have the cleanest bodies and the filthiest minds.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.

Eleanor Roosevelt

So I took an interest in politics, but I don’t know whether I enjoyed it! It was a wife’s duty to be interested in whatever interested her husband, whether it was politics, books, or a particular dish for dinner.

Eleanor Roosevelt

So, after all, we are but puppets, creatures of our fate, not commanding it but being molded by it.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Some people are going to leave a mark on this world, while others will leave a stain.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Somehow we must be able to show people that democracy is not about words, but action.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little.

Eleanor Roosevelt