Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes About Today
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the term 'young adults' which is so often used today seems to me a misnomer, and one which, if taken seriously, may lead the adolescent into misunderstanding as to his nature and his role in life. 'Young" he is; 'adult' he is not.
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We have reached a point today where labor-saving devices are good only when they do not throw the worker out of his job.
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We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in the life of mankind, that is the approval by the General Assembly of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Our real battlefield today is Asia and our real battle is the one between democracy and communism. . . . We have to prove to the world and particularly to downtrodden areas of the world which are the natural prey to the principles of communist economics that democracy really brings about happier and better conditions for the people as a whole.
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How hard it is to project oneself into the future. We are always prone to think of the conditions which are with us today as being permanent conditions.
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The labor movement has a great role to play in our country today.
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It is today that we create the world of the future.
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We face the future fortified with the lessons we have learned from the past. It is today that we must create the world of the future.
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Today is the oldest you've ever been, and the youngest you'll ever be again.
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Lest I keep my complacent way I must remember somewhere out there a person died for me today. As long as there must be war, I ask and I must answer was I worth dying for?
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The things you refuse to meet today always come back at you later on, usually under circumstances which make the decision twice as difficult as it originally was.
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Home-making today should have a background of scientific training because only in this way can real efficiency be achieved. The average girl wants to be able to keep her house with the least possible strain, and in order to do this she must have good training. This can best be achieved by taking a good course in home economics.
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Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.
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Terrific minds focus on tips; average minds go over activities; little minds talk about people today.
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I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday.
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We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in the life of mankind. This declaration may well become the international Magna Carta for all men everywhere. We hope its proclamation by the General Assembly will be an event comparable to the proclamation in 1789 [of the French Declaration of the Rights of Man], the adoption of the Bill of Rights by the people of the U.S., and the adoption of comparable declarations at different times in other countries.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
- Born: October 11, 1884
- Died: November 7, 1962
- Occupation: Former First Lady of the United States
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