Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

American - First | October 11, 1884 - November 7, 1962

There are practical little things in housekeeping which no man really understands.

Eleanor Roosevelt

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The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.

Eleanor Roosevelt

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The Bible illustrated by Dore occupied many of my hours - and I think probably gave me many nightmares.

Eleanor Roosevelt

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I think I lived those years very impersonally. It was almost as though I had erected someone outside myself who was the president's wife. I was lost somewhere deep down inside myself. That is the way I felt and worked until I left the White House.

Eleanor Roosevelt

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As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.

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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

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I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me 'understand' something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country.

Eleanor Roosevelt

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Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people.

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I do not think that I am a natural born mother... If I ever wanted to mother anyone, it was my father.

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