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Eleanor Roosevelt

(1884 – 1962) Full name: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. An American social activist, first lady and the wife of US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Also she was regarded as "one of the most esteemed women in the world" and the longest-serving First Lady of the United States. President Harry S. Truman later nicknamed her the "First Lady of the World" in tribute to her human rights achievements.

Actors are one family over the entire world.

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.

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

It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.

It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.

My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.

Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.