I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on. Eleanor Roosevelt More Quotes by Eleanor Roosevelt More Quotes From Eleanor Roosevelt If you take stands in any way and people feel that you have any success in - a following, why those who disagree with you are going to feel very strongly about it. Eleanor Roosevelt feels people way Of course Mahatma Gandhi you might say did not have so much physical vigor but he certainly seemed to have extraordinary resistance, which perhaps is rather different from physical vigor. Eleanor Roosevelt vigor different might No human being can ever 'own' another, whether in friendship, love, marriage, or parenthood. Eleanor Roosevelt marriage-love friendship-love parenthood Choose a challenge instead of competence Eleanor Roosevelt competence challenges Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without being related to you and repeatedly questioning why you're in nonprofit. Eleanor Roosevelt questioning-why nonprofits remember To undo a mistake is always harder than not to create one originally but we seldom have the foresight. Therefore we have no choice but to try to correct our past mistakes. Eleanor Roosevelt mistake life past Government exists for one purpose: to make things better for all people. Eleanor Roosevelt government purpose people My life can be so arranged that I can live on whatever I have. If I cannot live as I have lived in the past, I shall live differently, and living differently does not mean living with less attention to the things that make life gracious and pleasant or with less enjoyment of things of the mind. Eleanor Roosevelt mind mean past People who 'view with alarm' never build anything. Eleanor Roosevelt negativity views people those who attack always do so with greater fervor than those who defend. Eleanor Roosevelt fervor conflict greater Strength that goes wrong is even more dangerous than weakness that goes wrong. Eleanor Roosevelt dangerous weakness strength Beautiful old people are works of art. Eleanor Roosevelt nursing beautiful art You can never really live anyone else's life, not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you've become yourself. Eleanor Roosevelt transcendentalism influence children The mind must be trained, rather than the memory. Eleanor Roosevelt mind memories We women are callow fledglings as compared with the wise old birds who manipulate the political machinery, and we still hesitate to believe that a woman can fill certain positions in public life as competently and adequately as a man. For instance, it is certain that women do not want a woman for President. Nor would they have the slightest confidence in her ability to fulfill the functions of that office. Every woman who fails in a public position confirms this, but every woman who succeeds creates confidence. Eleanor Roosevelt wise men believe At any age it does us no harm to look over our past shortcomings and plan to improve our characters and actions in the coming year. Eleanor Roosevelt character past years Be flexible, but stick to your principles. Eleanor Roosevelt flexible principles sticks Organize first for knowledge, first with the object of making us know ourselves as a nation, for we have to do that before we canbe of value to other nations of the world and then organize to accomplish the things that you decide to want. Anddon't make decisions with the interest of youth alone before you. Make your decisions because they are good for the nation as a whole. Eleanor Roosevelt organization decision world ... any citizen should be willing to give all that he has to give his country in work or sacrifice in times of crisis. Eleanor Roosevelt sacrifice war country The most important word in the English language is hope. Eleanor Roosevelt language important hope
