Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art. Eleanor Roosevelt More Quotes by Eleanor Roosevelt More Quotes From Eleanor Roosevelt Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life. Eleanor Roosevelt strength motivational life If we do not pay for children in good schools, then we are going to pay for them in prisons and mental hospitals. Eleanor Roosevelt pay children school First of my own personal requirements is inner calm. This, I think, is an essential. One of the secrets of using your time well is to gain a certain ability to maintain peace within yourself so that much can go on around you and you can stay calm inside. Eleanor Roosevelt stay-calm secret thinking Anyone who has gone through great suffering is bound to have a greater sympathy and understanding of the problems of mankind. Eleanor Roosevelt understanding helping-others suffering Surely, in the light of history, it is more intelligent to hope rather than to fear, to try rather than not to try. For one thing we know beyond all doubt: nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says: it can't be done. Eleanor Roosevelt intelligent light wisdom The more we simplify our material needs the more we are free to think of other things. Eleanor Roosevelt spiritual needs thinking At all times, day by day, we have to continue fighting for freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom from want... for these are things that must be gained in peace as well as in war. Eleanor Roosevelt freedom fighting war Sailors have the cleanest bodies and the filthiest minds. Eleanor Roosevelt navy body mind I shall either find a way, or make one (attributed) Eleanor Roosevelt tattoo inspirational life Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart. Don't be concerned about whether people are watching you or criticizing you. The chances are that they aren't paying any attention to you. It's your attention to yourself that is so stultifying. But you have to disregard yourself as completely as possible. If you fail the first time then you'll just have to try harder the second time. After all, there's no real reason why you should fail. Just stop thinking about yourself. Eleanor Roosevelt real heart thinking The giving of love and understanding is an education in itself. Eleanor Roosevelt inspiring teacher love The kind of man who thinks that helping with the dishes is beneath him will also think that helping with the baby is beneath him, and then he certainly is not going to be a very successful father. Eleanor Roosevelt fathers-day successful baby We have to face the fact that either all of us are going to die together or we are going to learn to live together and if we are to live together we have to talk. Eleanor Roosevelt military war peace You never know anyone until you marry them. Eleanor Roosevelt knows Most of the work that's done in the world gets done by people who weren't feeling all that well at the time that they did it. Eleanor Roosevelt done feelings people The word liberal comes from the word free. We must cherish and honor the word free or it will cease to apply to us. Eleanor Roosevelt cease cherish honor Actors are one family over the entire world. Eleanor Roosevelt family actors world Philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. Eleanor Roosevelt being-yourself inspiration philosophy Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil. Eleanor Roosevelt knowledge-and-power learning evil It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are so much afraid of pain that they shut themselves up like clams in a shell and, giving out nothing, receive nothing and therefore shrink until life is a mere living death. Eleanor Roosevelt inspiring love life