Eleanor Roosevelt

In all our contacts it is probably the sense of being really needed and wanted which gives us the greatest satisfaction and creates the most lasting bond.

Eleanor Roosevelt

In our country we must trust the people to hear and see both the good and the bad and to choose the good.

Eleanor Roosevelt

In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.

Eleanor Roosevelt

It is always easier to do nothing than to try a new line of action.

Eleanor Roosevelt

It is harder to be philosophical when you are young.

Eleanor Roosevelt

It is impossible to be a cynic if you live a good deal with young people. Fundamentally, every young person has a feeling that the future is going to hold something of value.

Eleanor Roosevelt

It is not more vacation we need – it is more vocation.

Eleanor Roosevelt

It is often the people who refuse to assume any responsibility who are apt to be the sharpest critics of those who do.

Eleanor Roosevelt

It is our freedom to progress that makes us all want to live and to go on.

Eleanor Roosevelt

It is, however, the better part of wisdom to regard the mistake as experience which will help guide you in the future, a part, though a painful part, of your education.

Eleanor Roosevelt