Eleanor Roosevelt

"Do what is right, not what is easy"

"Remember always that the composer, if he is to take rank as a great composer, must serve music, not himself"

"There is nothing to fear but fear itself and stupidity"

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

"True patriotism springs from a belief in the dignity of each individual"

"Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for an idea you believe in before it is fashionable to do so"

"The only way to get rid of my fears is to go through them"

"Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place where I love to be"

"We must do the thing we think we cannot do"

"Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being"

"I think that somehow, we learn who we are meant to be by failure"

"Do the best you can until you know better, then when you know better, do better"

"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane"

"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities"

"To leave the world a bit better than you found it"

"Curiosity is the first requirement of good teaching"

"Peace, like charity, begins at home"

"If you cannot love yourself, you cannot love others"

"The time to enjoy a European trip is while you are having it"

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends"

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

"The greatest value we can give to our society is to be who we truly are"

"I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think"

"Believe in yourself and all that you are"

"Success means we go to bed at night knowing that our talents and abilities were used in a way that served others"

"No matter what happens, never give up"

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

"The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically"

"I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role"

"Respect for the rights of others means peace"