Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favorable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment. Eleanor Roosevelt More Quotes by Eleanor Roosevelt More Quotes From Eleanor Roosevelt If we fail to meet our problems here, no one else in the world will do so. If we fail, the heart goes out of progressives throughout the world. Eleanor Roosevelt democracyheartworld As with all children, the feeling that I was useful was perhaps the greatest joy I experienced. Eleanor Roosevelt feelingsjoychildren I was perfectly certain that I had nothing to offer of an individual nature and that my only chance of doing my duty as the wife of a public official was to do exactly as the majority of women were doing. Eleanor Roosevelt majoritywifepolitics It has been a long fight to put the control of our economic system in the hands of the government. Eleanor Roosevelt governmentfightinghands Nobody else is going to do the things which are yours to be done in the world. Eleanor Roosevelt doneworld Success is not something that can be measured or worn on a watch or hung on a wall. It is not the esteem of colleagues, or the admiration of the community, or the appreciation of patients. Success is the certain knowledge that you have become yourself, the person you will meant to be from all time. That should be reward enough. Eleanor Roosevelt wallcommunityappreciation Terrific minds focus on tips; average minds go over activities; little minds talk about people today. Eleanor Roosevelt focusaveragepeople If everything was in your favor, if you did not have to surmount any great mountains, then you have nothing to be proud of. But if you feel that you have special difficulties, then you must indeed be proud of your achievement. Eleanor Roosevelt mountainachievementspecial 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 impossiblefeelingspeople We must do what we think we can't do. Eleanor Roosevelt thinking Sometimes it is extremely good for you to forget that there is anything in the world which needs to be done, and to do some particular thing that you want to do. Every human being needs a certain amount of time in which he can be peaceful. Eleanor Roosevelt peacefuldoneneeds For all of us, as we grow older, perhaps the most important thing is to keep alive our love of others and to believe that our love and interest are as vitally necessary to them as to us. This is what makes us keep on growing and refills the fountains of energy. Eleanor Roosevelt importantenergybelieve The world conspires to help those who are in love with the beauty of their dreams. Eleanor Roosevelt dreamhelpingworld I found that almost everyone had something interesting to contribute to my education. Eleanor Roosevelt something-interestingfoundinteresting We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in the life of mankind, that is the approval by the General Assembly of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Eleanor Roosevelt approvalrightstoday Every day do something that frightens you. Eleanor Roosevelt fear Whatever come we have to meet it. Eleanor Roosevelt miscellaneous It is our freedom to progress that makes us all want to live and to go on. Eleanor Roosevelt progressgoes-onwant Long ago, I made up my mind that, when things were said involving only me, I would pay no attention to them, except when valid criticism was carried by which I could profit. Eleanor Roosevelt long-agocriticismmind This living in a democracy is a problem, isn't it? Eleanor Roosevelt miscellaneousdemocracyproblem
