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 Read Quote
Hate and force cannot be in just a part of the world without having an effect on the rest of it. Eleanor Roosevelt Read Quote
Autobiographies are only useful as the lives you read about and analyze may suggest to you something that you may find useful in your own journey through life. Eleanor Roosevelt Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do. Eleanor Roosevelt Read Quote
Campaign behavior for wives: Always be on time. Do as little talking as humanly possible. Lean back in the parade car so everybody can see the president. Eleanor Roosevelt Read Quote
The Bible illustrated by Dore occupied many of my hours – and I think probably gave me many nightmares. Eleanor Roosevelt Read Quote
You can’t move so fast that you try to change the mores faster than people can accept it. That doesn’t mean you do nothing, but it means that you do the things that need to be done according to priority. Eleanor Roosevelt Read Quote
