No man is defeated without until he is defeated within. Eleanor Roosevelt More Quotes by Eleanor Roosevelt More Quotes From Eleanor Roosevelt Will people ever be wise enough to refuse to follow bad leaders or to take away the freedom of other people? Eleanor Roosevelt leaderwisepeople If man is to be liberated to enjoy more leisure, he must also be prepared to enjoy this leisure fully and creatively. Eleanor Roosevelt leisureenjoymen What I have learned from my own experience is that the most important ingredients in a child's education are curiosity, interest, imagination, and a sense of the adventure of life. Eleanor Roosevelt adventurelifechildren You in the unions do not yet represent all of labor. But I hope some day you will, because I believe that it is through strength, through the fact that people who know what people need are working to make this country a better place for all people, that we will help the world to accept our leadership and understand that, under our form of government and through our way of life, we have something to offer them. Eleanor Roosevelt strengthbelievecountry It is today that we create the world of the future. Eleanor Roosevelt visionlearningworld Furnish an example, stop preaching, stop shielding, don't prevent self-reliance and initiative, allow your children to develop along thier own lines. Eleanor Roosevelt mommotherchildren Curiosity must be kept alive. Eleanor Roosevelt inspirational-lifealivecuriosity Mozart, who was buried in a pauper’s grave, was one of the greatest successes we know of, a man who in his early thirties had poured out his inexhaustible gift of music, leaving the world richer because he had passed that way. To leave the world richer—that is the ultimate success. Eleanor Roosevelt leavinginspirationalmen Each of us has... all the time there is. Those years, weeks, hours, are the sands in the glass running swiftly away. To let them drift through our fingers is tragic waste. To use them to the hilt, making them count for something, is the beginning of wisdom. Eleanor Roosevelt glassesrunningyears Do whatever comes your way to do as well as you can. Think as little as possible about yourself. Think as much as possible about other people. Dwell on things that are interesting. Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give. Eleanor Roosevelt inspirationalpeoplethinking Be confident, not certain Eleanor Roosevelt be-confidentcertain The most unhappy people in the world are those who face the days without knowing what to do with their time. But if you have more projects than you have time for, you are not going to be an unhappy person. This is as much a question of having imagination and curiosity as it is of actually making plans. Eleanor Roosevelt unhappy-personknowingpeople Nothing alive can stand still, it goes forward or back. Life is interesting only as long as it is a process of growth; or, to put it another way, we can only grow as long as we are interested. Eleanor Roosevelt growthlonginteresting Each time you learn something new you must readjust the whole framework of your knowledge Eleanor Roosevelt frameworksomething-newinspirational Every woman wants to be first to someone sometime in her life and that desire is the explanation for many strange things women do. Eleanor Roosevelt wantdesirefirsts If you can develop this ability to see what you look at, to understand its meaning, to readjust your knowledge to this new information, you can continue to learn and to grow as long as you live and you’ll have a wonderful time doing it. Eleanor Roosevelt inspirationallonglooks Campaign behavior for wives: Always be on time. Do as little talking as humanly possible. Lean back in the parade car so everybody can see the president. Eleanor Roosevelt carwifetalking ...conservation of land and conservation of people frequently go hand in hand. Eleanor Roosevelt landhandspeople I believe that all that we go through here must have some value. Eleanor Roosevelt i-believebeliefbelieve The motivating force of the theory of a Democratic way of life is still a belief that as individuals we live cooperatively, and, to the best of our ability, serve the community in which we live. Eleanor Roosevelt communitybeliefway
