Famous quotes by First Ladys

Small: Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one
Eleanor Roosevelt
"Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one"
Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady
Small: Probably the happiest period in life most frequently is in middle age, when the eager passions of youth are co
Eleanor Roosevelt
"Probably the happiest period in life most frequently is in middle age, when the eager passions of youth are cooled, and the infirmities of age not yet begun; as we see that the shadows, which are at morning and evening so large, almost entirely disappear at midday"
Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady
Small: Perhaps nature is our best assurance of immortality
Eleanor Roosevelt
"Perhaps nature is our best assurance of immortality"
Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady
Small: People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built
Eleanor Roosevelt
"People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built"
Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady
Small: It is not more vacation we need - it is more vocation
Eleanor Roosevelt
"It is not more vacation we need - it is more vocation"
Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady
Small: It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself
Eleanor Roosevelt
"It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself"
Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady
Small: It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness
Eleanor Roosevelt
"It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness"
Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady
Small: In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choi
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, First Lady
Small: In all our contacts it is probably the sense of being really needed and wanted which gives us the greatest sat
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, First Lady
Small: If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor
Eleanor Roosevelt
"If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor"
Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady
Small: Im so glad I never feel important, it does complicate life!
Eleanor Roosevelt
"I'm so glad I never feel important, it does complicate life!"
Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady
Small: I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me understand something, it would be clear to all the other p
Eleanor Roosevelt
"I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me 'understand' something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country"
Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady
Small: I think, at a childs birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, tha
Eleanor Roosevelt
"I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity"
Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady
Small: I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision
Eleanor Roosevelt
"I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision"
Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady
Small: I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in th
Eleanor Roosevelt
"I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall"
Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady
Small: I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role
Eleanor Roosevelt
"I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role"
Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady
Small: 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
"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, First Lady
Small: I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until
Eleanor Roosevelt
"I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experience behind him"
Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady
Small: Hate and force cannot be in just a part of the world without having an effect on the rest of it
Eleanor Roosevelt
"Hate and force cannot be in just a part of the world without having an effect on the rest of it"
Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady
Small: Happiness is not a goal it is a by-product
Eleanor Roosevelt
"Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product"
Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady
Small: Great minds discuss ideas average minds discuss events small minds discuss people
Eleanor Roosevelt
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people"
Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady
Small: Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the w
Eleanor Roosevelt
"Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world"
Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady
Small: Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who i
Eleanor Roosevelt
"Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry is own weight, this is a frightening prospect"
Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady
Small: Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for youll be criticized anyway. Youll be damned if you do, and dam
Eleanor Roosevelt
"Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't"
Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady
Small: Campaign behavior for wives: Always be on time. Do as little talking as humanly possible. Lean back in the par
Eleanor Roosevelt
"Campaign behavior for wives: Always be on time. Do as little talking as humanly possible. Lean back in the parade car so everybody can see the president"
Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady
Small: Autobiographies are only useful as the lives you read about and analyze may suggest to you something that you
Eleanor Roosevelt
"Autobiographies are only useful as the lives you read about and analyze may suggest to you something that you may find useful in your own journey through life"
Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady
Small: As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along
Eleanor Roosevelt
"As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along"
Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady
Small: Anyone who thinks must think of the next war as they would of suicide
Eleanor Roosevelt
"Anyone who thinks must think of the next war as they would of suicide"
Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady
Small: Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of
Eleanor Roosevelt
"Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people"
Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady
Small: Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable
Eleanor Roosevelt
"Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable"
Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady