Government exists for one purpose: to make things better for all people. Eleanor Roosevelt More Quotes by Eleanor Roosevelt More Quotes From Eleanor Roosevelt 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 inspiringlovelife A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think. Eleanor Roosevelt inspirational-lifesimplethinking 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 powerexpressionmen What you don't do can be a destructive force. Eleanor Roosevelt forcedestructivechoices 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 politicalrightslong I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision. Eleanor Roosevelt self-esteemlifethinking 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 womenfightingwar 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 runningphilosophybelieve 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 wantopportunityway 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 progressrightshome 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-singlelife-lessoninspirational 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 effortpurposeevil 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-poorblowlife 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 accountabilitychoicesreal 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 essentialsexpressionrights 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-morningpassionshadow I never waste time looking back. Eleanor Roosevelt wasting-timewastesuccess 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 heartattentionpeople To leave the world richer—that is the ultimate success. Eleanor Roosevelt ultimate-successultimateworld
