Eleanor Roosevelt

"She would rather light candles than curse the darkness, and her glow has warmed the world. " (Adlai Stevenson, about Eleanor Roosevelt)

“Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.”  - Eleanor Roosevelt

“It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.” - 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 would be curiosity." - Eleanor Roosevelt

"Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth." - Eleanor Roosevelt

" You should always own a black dress because no one ever remembers a black dress" - Eleanor Roosevelt

" Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart" - Eleanor Roosevelt