Eleanor Roosevelt

The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it – Eleanor Roosevelt

Hate and force cannot be in just a part of the world without having an effect on the rest – Eleanor Roosevelt

The giving of love is an education in itself – Eleanor Roosevelt

We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all – Eleanor Roosevelt

When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it ? – Eleanor Roosevelt

When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die – Eleanor Roosevelt

Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both – Eleanor Roosevelt

Perhaps nature is our best assurance of immortality – Eleanor Roosevelt

So much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty and greed with all their tragic effects, that too little attention is paid to passive sins, such as apathy and laziness, which in the long run can have a more devasting effect – Eleanor Roosevelt