Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962), or Eleanor Roosevelt in short, was a US politician, diplomat, and activist. She served as the first lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945, during her husband President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's four terms in office, making her the longest-serving first lady of the United States. President Harry S. Truman called her the "First Lady of the World" in tribute to her human rights achievements. She also served as United States Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly from 1945 to 1952.Wisdom & Quotes
- You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
- I don't know what kind of future life I believe in, but I believe that all that we go through here must have some value.
- Tomorrow is now.
- You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
- Democracy cannot be static. Whatever is static is dead.
- Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn one's back on life.
- The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give.
- No one can make you feel inferior without you consent.
- I think if the people in this country can be reached with the truth, their judgment will be in favour of the many, as against the privileged few.
- Perhaps nature is our best assurance of immortality.
- The economy of Communism is an economy which grows in an atmosphere of misery and want.
- No one won the last war, and no one will win the next.
- When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
Yamamoto Isokuru