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American United Nations Diplomat, Humanitarian and First Lady (1933-45), wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd US president. 1884-1962 | | Quotes: 101 - 115 of 115 | Pages: First Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 | | | | | | When life is too easy for us, we must beware or we may not be ready to meet the blows which sooner or later come to everyone, rich or poor. | | Life | | | When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it? | | Uncategorized | | | When you build a memorial, you build it not because the person wanted it, but for the future -- for generations who didn't know the man and didn't know the era in which he lived, | | Uncategorized | | | When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die. | | Uncategorized | | | | | When you know to laugh and when to look upon things as too absurd to take seriously, the other person is ashamed to carry through even if he was serious about it. | | Uncategorized | | | With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. | | Uncategorized | | | Women are like teabags. We don't know our true strength until we are in hot water! | | Women | | | You can't move so fast that you try to change the mores faster than people can accept it. That doesn't mean you do nothing, but it means that you do the things that need to be done according to priority. | | Uncategorized | | | You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience by which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along. | | Confidence; Courage | | | You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face… do the thing you think you cannot do. | | Uncategorized | | | You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give | | Courage | | | | | | | [In the 1979 miniseries] Backstairs at the White House, ... Eleanor. | | Uncategorized | | | | | | | |
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