I can not believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war. Eleanor Roosevelt More Quotes by Eleanor Roosevelt More Quotes From Eleanor Roosevelt I wonder if one of the penalties of growing older is that you become more and more conscious that nothing is very permanent. Eleanor Roosevelt entrepreneurgrowingwonder Friends, you and me... you brought another friend... and then there were three... we started our group... our circle of friends... and like that circle... there is no beginning or end. Eleanor Roosevelt groupscirclesthree You need not be proud of me.... I'm only being active till you can be again--it isn't such a great desire on my part to serve theworld and I'll fall back into habits of sloth quite easily! Eleanor Roosevelt marriageslothfall ...but there isn't going to be any First Lady. There is just to be plain, ordinary Mrs. Roosevelt...I never wanted to be the president's wife, and don't want it now. You don't quite believe me, do you? Very likely no one would-except possibly some woman who had had the job. Eleanor Roosevelt wifejobsbelieve No, I have never wanted to be a man. I have often wanted to be more effective as a woman, but I have never felt that trousers would do the trick! Eleanor Roosevelt trickswantedmen it is always easier to do nothing than to try a new line of action. Eleanor Roosevelt linesactiontrying This freedom of which men speak, for which they fight, seems to some people a perilous thing. It has to be earned at a bitter cost and then — it has to be lived with. For freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. Eleanor Roosevelt freedomfightingresponsibility One of the best ways of enslaving a people is to keep them from education. Eleanor Roosevelt educationpeopleway Poverty is an expensive luxury. We cannot afford it. Eleanor Roosevelt luxurypovertyexpensive I think it is impossible for one human being really to know another without first knowing and being at peace with himself. Eleanor Roosevelt being-realknowingthinking There is a desire for progress in the hearts of all men, and it is the sense of frustration and inability to move forward that brings violent revolution. Eleanor Roosevelt frustrationheartmoving About the only value the story of my life may have is to show that one can, even without any particular gifts, overcome obstacles that seem insurmountable if one is willing to face the fact that they must be overcome. Eleanor Roosevelt overcomingstoriesmay Always be on time. Never try to make any personal engagements. Do as little talking as humanly possible. Never be disturbed by anything. Always do what you're told to do as quickly as possible. Remember to lean back in a parade, so that people can see your husband. Don't get too fat to ride three on a seat. Get out of the way as quickly as you're not needed. Eleanor Roosevelt husbandtalkingpeople If it's a man's game so decidedly that a woman would be soiled by entering it, then there is something radically wrong with the American game of politics. Eleanor Roosevelt would-begamesmen ... many of the things which we deplore, the prevalence of tuberculosis, the mounting record of crime in certain sections of the country, are not due just to lack of education and to physical differences, but are due in great part to the basic fact of segregation which we have set up in this country and which warps and twists the lives not only of our Negro population, but sometimes of foreign born or even of religious groups. Eleanor Roosevelt differencesreligiouscountry This is a time for action — not for war, but for mobilization of every bit of peace machinery. Eleanor Roosevelt actionwarpeace No one from the beginning of time has had security. Eleanor Roosevelt securityadventure You should always own a black dress because no one ever remembers a black dress. Eleanor Roosevelt blackdressesremember There is not human being from whom we cannot learn something if we are interested enough to dig deep. Eleanor Roosevelt dig-deephumansenough If quitting smoking seems hard right now, it is exactly what you should start doing Eleanor Roosevelt quittingencouragementsmoking
