In the long run there is no more exhilarating experience than to determine one's position, state it bravely and then act boldly.
Eleanor Roosevelt... the next war will be a war in which people not armies will suffer, and our boasted, hard-earned civilization will do us no good. Cannot the women rise to this great opportunity and work now, and not have the double horror, if another war comes, of losing their loved ones, and knowing that they lifted no finger when they might have worked hard?
Eleanor RooseveltRemember, no one can make you feel inferior without being related to you and repeatedly questioning why you're in nonprofit.
Eleanor RooseveltAll big things in human history have been arrived at slowly and through many compromises.
Eleanor RooseveltIf human beings can be trained for cruelty and greed and a belief in power which comes through hate and fear and force, certainly we can train equally well for greatness and mercy and the power of love which comes because of the strength of the good qualities to be found in the soul of every human being.
Eleanor Roosevelt