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 A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think. Eleanor Roosevelt inspirational-life simple thinking Too often the great decisions are originated and given form in bodies made up wholly of men, or so completely dominated by them that whatever of special value women have to offer is shunted aside without expression. Eleanor Roosevelt power expression men What you don't do can be a destructive force. Eleanor Roosevelt force destructive choices The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it. Eleanor Roosevelt political rights long I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision. Eleanor Roosevelt self-esteem life thinking This is not a time when women should be patient. We are in a war and we need to fight it with all our ability and every weapon possible. Women pilots, in this particular case, are a weapon waiting to be used. Eleanor Roosevelt women fighting war One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In stopping to think through the meaning of what I have learned, there is much that I believe intensely, much I am unsure of. In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And, the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility. Eleanor Roosevelt running philosophy believe If anyone were to ask me what I want out of life I would say- the opportunity for doing something useful, for in no other way, I am convinced, can true happiness be attained. Eleanor Roosevelt want opportunity way Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home - so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. Yet they are the world of the individual person...Withou t concerted citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world. Eleanor Roosevelt progress rights home One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else. Eleanor Roosevelt being-single life-lesson inspirational practically nothing we do ever stands by itself. If it is good, it will serve some good purpose in the future. If it is evil, it may haunt us and handicap our efforts in unimagined ways. Eleanor Roosevelt effort purpose evil When it's better for everyone, it's better for everyone. Eleanor Roosevelt When life is too easy for us, we must beware or we may not be ready to meet the blows which sooner or later come to everyone, rich or poor. Eleanor Roosevelt rich-or-poor blow life We all create the person we become by our choices as we go through life. In a real sense, by the time we are adults, we are the sum total of the choices we have made. Eleanor Roosevelt accountability choices real the fundamental right of freedom of thought and expression is essential. If you curtail what the other fellow says and does, you curtail what you yourself may say and do. Eleanor Roosevelt essentials expression rights Probably the happiest period in life most frequently is in middle age, when the eager passions of youth are cooled, and the infirmities of age not yet begun; as we see that the shadows, which are at morning and evening so large, almost entirely disappear at midday. Eleanor Roosevelt good-morning passion shadow I never waste time looking back. Eleanor Roosevelt wasting-time waste success 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 attention to you. Eleanor Roosevelt heart attention people To leave the world richer—that is the ultimate success. Eleanor Roosevelt ultimate-success ultimate world Anyone who thinks must think of the next war as they would of suicide. Eleanor Roosevelt suicide war thinking
