Eleanor Roosevelt October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962) was an American politician, diplomat, and activist. She was the longest-serving First Lady of the United States, holding the post from March 1933 to April 1945 during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office. President Harry S. Truman later called her the...

We shouldn’t have to go deaf before learning to trust ourselves versus looking for approval from others. This is exactly the lesson that Spanish painter Goya had to learn the hard way. According to Andre Malraux, upon going deaf in 1792 Goya realized, “to allow his genius to become apparent...