Human resources are the most valuable assets the world has. They are all needed desperately.

No human being can ever 'own' another, whether in friendship, love, marriage, or parenthood.

A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.

You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.

Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.

We will have to want peace, want it enough to pay for it, before it becomes an accepted rule.

We need not fear any isms if our democracy is achieving the ends for which it was established.

This is a time for action — not for war, but for mobilization of every bit of peace machinery.

As with all children, the feeling that I was useful was perhaps the greatest joy I experienced.

I have complete faith in the American people's ability if they know and if they have leadership.

Hate and force cannot be in just a part of the world without having an effect on the rest of it.

Losing money is a big loss, losing friends is greater than the loss, also lost all faith is lost

I never met Mahatma Gandhi, but, I think everyone felt they knew him even if they hadn't met him.

I have always felt that it was important that everyone who was a worker join a labor organization.

One of the first things we must get rid of is the idea that democracy is tantamount to capitalism.

I consider those are rich who are doing something they feel worthwhile and which they enjoy doing.

I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.

It has been a long fight to put the control of our economic system in the hands of the government.

So, after all, we are but puppets, creatures of our fate, not commanding it but being molded by it.

If you lose money you lose much, If you lose friends you lose more, If you lose faith you lose all.

A candle can bring light to a dungeon but it can also be used to light a deadly marijuana cigarette.

Terrific minds focus on tips; average minds go over activities; little minds talk about people today.

There is not human being from whom we cannot learn something if we are interested enough to dig deep.

Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do.

The Bible illustrated by Dore occupied many of my hours - and I think probably gave me many nightmares.

We do not move forward by curtailing people's liberty because we are afraid of what they may do or say.

I know that given great responsibility men sometimes change, but Mr. Nixon's Presidency would worry me.

Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one.

Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.

When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?

Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart

I have a great objection to seeing anyone, particularly anyone whom I care about, lose his self-control.

The morality of a [political] party must grow out of the conscience and the participation of the voters.

In our country we must trust the people to hear and see both the good and the bad and to choose the good.

It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know.

I can not believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.

Will people ever be wise enough to refuse to follow bad leaders or to take away the freedom of other people?

I have often thought that less is expected of the president of a great corporation than of an American wife.

The future is literally in our hands to mold as we like. But we cannot wait until tomorrow. Tomorrow is now.

It is curious how much more interest can be evoked by a mixture of gossip, romance and mystery than by facts.

I know that we will be the sufferers if we let great wrongs occur without exerting ourselves to correct them.

If you have any interests you can gain a wider audience for those interests while the goldfish bowl is yours!

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

If we do not pay for children in good schools, then we are going to pay for them in prisons and mental hospitals.

You [future first ladies] will feel that you are no longer clothing yourself, you are dressing a public monument.

A guest is really good or bad because of the host or hostess who makes being a guest an easy or a difficult task.

A day out-of-doors, someone I loved to talk with, a good book and some simple food and music - that would be rest.

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

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