The purpose of life afterall is to live it. Eleanor Roosevelt More Quotes by Eleanor Roosevelt More Quotes From Eleanor Roosevelt We have come to accept bigger and bigger things as meaning greater and greater efficiency, more and more prosperity and more and more freedom. The two do not go together of necessity. Eleanor Roosevelt size together two I believe in active citizenship, for men and women equally, as a simple matter of right and justice. I believe we will have better government in all of our countries when men and women discuss public issues together and make their decisions on the basis of their different areas of experience and their common concern for the welfare of their families and their world. Eleanor Roosevelt men believe country A successful life for a man or for a woman seems to me to lie in the knowledge that one has developed to the limit the capacities with which one was endowed; that one has contributed something constructive to family and friends and to a home community; that one has brought happiness wherever it was possible; that one has earned one's way in the world, has kept some friends, and need not be ashamed to face oneself honestly. Eleanor Roosevelt home success lying ...no matter how avid they themselves may be for praise and appreciation, people are often niggardly in giving it to others, however merited it is. Eleanor Roosevelt avid appreciation people ...so much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty, and greed with all their tragic effects, that too little attention is paid to the passive sins, such as apathy and laziness, which in the long run can have a more devastating and destructive effect upon society than the others. Eleanor Roosevelt greed running long experience should teach us that it is always the unexpected that does occur. Eleanor Roosevelt unexpected should doe Never be bored, and you will never be boring. Eleanor Roosevelt bored boring I received a most amusing postcard the other morning. Unfortunately, it was not signed in a readable manner so I cannot answer it privately. But it comes from Moblie, Ala., and says: 'Dear Mrs. Roosevelt: You have not answered my question, the amount of Negro blood you have in your veins, if any.' I am afraid none of us know how much nor what kind of blood we have in our veins, since chemically it is all the same. And most of us cannot trace our ancestry more than a few generations. Eleanor Roosevelt racism morning blood Franklin [D. Roosevelt] had a good way of simplifying things. He made people feel that he had a real understanding of things and they felt they had about the same understanding. Eleanor Roosevelt understanding real people I think that if the atomic bomb did nothing more, it scared the people to the point where they realized that either they must do something about preventing war or there is a chance that there might be a morning when we would not wake up. Eleanor Roosevelt morning war thinking Mr. [Richard M.] Nixon never has anything but hindsight. Eleanor Roosevelt richardm-nixon hindsight How can we be such fools as to go on senselessly taking human life in this way? Why the women in every nation do not rise up and refuse to bring children into a world of this kind is beyond my understanding. Eleanor Roosevelt understanding goes-on children I have often thought that less is expected of the president of a great corporation than of an American wife. Eleanor Roosevelt corporations wife president I do not think I will ever become deadened, because I live in other people's lives, I must admit there are times when it weighs medown because I can't do some of the things I want. Eleanor Roosevelt empathy people thinking When you know to laugh and when to look upon things as too absurd to take seriously, the other person is ashamed to carry through even if he was serious about it. Eleanor Roosevelt serious laughing looks There is a widespread understanding among the people of this nation, and probably among the people of the world, that there is no safety except through the prevention of war. Eleanor Roosevelt safety war people The film industry is a great industry, with infinite possibilities for good and bad. Its primary purpose is to entertain people. On the side, it can do many other things. It can popularize certain ideals, it can make education palatable. But in the long run, the judge who decides whether what it does is good or bad is the man or woman who attends the movies. Eleanor Roosevelt judging running men So, after all, we are but puppets, creatures of our fate, not commanding it but being molded by it. Eleanor Roosevelt puppets fate creatures Once your children are grown up and have children of their own, the problems are theirs and the less the older generation interferes the better. Eleanor Roosevelt generations problem children Marriage and the up-bringing of children in the home require as well-trained a mind and as well-disciplined a character as any other occupation that might be considered a career. Eleanor Roosevelt home character children
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