Eleanor Roosevelt

I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity. ”

Understanding is a two-way street. ”

One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility. ”

The mother of a family should look upon her housekeeping and the planning of meals as a scientific occupation. ”

It is not more vacation we need - it is more vocation. ”

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

Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable. ”

Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little. ”

The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it. ”

Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both. ”