I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was me...

I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived.

Eleanor Roosevelt

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American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States

October 11th, 1884 - November 7th, 1962