Eleanor Roosevelt

"It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness."

"You must do the thing you think you cannot do."

"Understanding is a two-way street; we must try to understand others even as we hope they will try to understand us."

"The most important thing is for us to recognize our common humanity and common interest."

"I never waste time which could be devoted to living."

"No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful."

"Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it."

"The battle for the individual rights of women is one of the most important battles being fought today."

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

"We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all."

"Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give."

"When you cease to make a contribution you begin to die."

"It seems to me that everyone of us is more capable of doing useful work of some kind."

"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today."

"If you approach each new person you meet in a spirit of adventure, you will find yourself surprised at the results."

"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, we feel all their joys and sorrows."

"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

"The value of a person resides in what they give and not in what they are able to receive."

"A host is like a general: it takes a mishap to reveal his genius."

"The giving of love is an education in itself."

"I believe that all that we go through here must have some value therefore it must be implicit in the great harvest that will accrue to the spirit."

"Timidity is a form of cowardice, and it is the duty of every person to be courageous."

"You cannot live at all if you do not live fully now."

"Whatever has happened to you has shaped who you are, and you need those experiences to ultimately become who you're meant to be."

"Democracy cannot be static. Whatever is static is dead."

"The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity."

"Human dignity has always been a fundamental tenet of my beliefs."

"No woman has ever stepped foot on the moon. And that's interesting to me."

"Somewhere along the way of history, there must be discussion of what we mean by freedom."

"Self-esteem comes from achievement, not from entitlement."