"I'm sure that all the drivers and..." - Quote by Eleanor Roosevelt

“About the only value the story of my life may have is to show that one can, even without any particular gifts, overcome obstacles that seem insurmountable if one is willing to face the fact that they must be overcome.”

“I believe that all that we go through here must have some value.”

“When you have decided what you believe, what you feel must be done, have the courage to stand alone and be counted”

“The harder I work the more I live.”

“Because I cannot work except in solitude, it is necessary that I live my work and that is impossible except in solitude.”

“People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results.”

“One of the great secrets of the day is to know how to take possession of popular prejudices and passions, in such a way as to introduce a confusion of principles which makes impossible all understanding between those who speak the same language and have the same interests.”

“The true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content with common opinion, but soars with undimmed and unwearied passion till he grasps the essential nature of things.”

“The passions are the only orators that always persuade: they are, as it were, a natural art, the rules of which are infallible; and the simplest man with passion is more persuasive than the most eloquent without it.”