Tiny Panda Quotes
Eleanor Roosevelt, born on October 11, 1884, in New York City, emerged as one of the most influential First Ladies in American history. A formidable advocate for civil rights, women's rights, and social justice, she transformed the role of the First Lady into a platform for activism. After her husband's presidency, she continued to champion human rights globally as a delegate to the United Nations, leaving a lasting legacy that inspires generations to pursue equality and justice. Her voice and vision remain vital in contemporary discourse.
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"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"Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice."
Eleanor Roosevelt"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in 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.'"
Eleanor Roosevelt"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."
Eleanor Roosevelt"People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built."
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 his own weight, this is a frightening prospect."
Eleanor Roosevelt
"Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world."
Eleanor Roosevelt"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people."
Eleanor Roosevelt
"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."
Eleanor Roosevelt
"It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it."
Eleanor Roosevelt"We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all."
Eleanor Roosevelt"One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility."
Eleanor Roosevelt"A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water."
Eleanor Roosevelt
"My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths."
Eleanor Roosevelt