Eleanor Roosevelt

The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the rights of the individual, and a citizenry wise enough to understand that there is no safety in numbers, in wealth, or in any other form of self-interest.

I sometimes think that we are all of us a little mad and that we are all of us a little sane.

I could not, at any age, be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.

We must remember that we are a country of immigrants. We are all here because someone else came before us.

Courage is more exhilarating than fear and in the long run it is easier.

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena...

I have a great belief in the average man and woman.

One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes.

I find it much more interesting to be alive than not to be alive.

The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.

Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one.

I have never been able to read a book in my life without being interrupted.

We should not be afraid to be different. We should be afraid to be the same.

The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.

I'm a great believer in the wisdom of the common man.

There is a certain exhilaration in working with people who are doing things, whether they are right or wrong.

I have never been able to get over the fact that a good many people don't want to think.

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.

I'm an old woman, and I have seen many changes. And I have learned that the only thing that doesn't change is human nature.

The greatest value of life is not what you get. The greatest value of life is what you become.