To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart. Eleanor Roosevelt More Quotes by Eleanor Roosevelt More Quotes From Eleanor Roosevelt I think we ought to impress on both our girls and boys that successful marriages require just as much work, just as much intelligence and just as much unselfish devotion, as they give to any position they undertake to fill on a paid basis. Eleanor Roosevelt girlsuccessfulthinking I would not be happy unless I had some regular work to do every day and I imagine that I will always feel that way no matter how old I am. Eleanor Roosevelt imaginematterway One of the blessings of age is to learn not to part on a note of sharpness, to treasure the moments spent with those we love, and to make them whenever possible good to remember, for time is short. Eleanor Roosevelt treasureblessingage Friendship with oneself is all important. Eleanor Roosevelt love-yourselfself-esteemfriendship Home-making today should have a background of scientific training because only in this way can real efficiency be achieved. The average girl wants to be able to keep her house with the least possible strain, and in order to do this she must have good training. This can best be achieved by taking a good course in home economics. Eleanor Roosevelt girlrealhome We must know what we think and speak out, even at the risk of unpopularity. Eleanor Roosevelt speaks-outriskthinking It is a rather curious thing to have to divide one's life into personal and official compartments and temporarily put the personal side into its hidden compartment to be taken out again when one's official duties are at an end. Eleanor Roosevelt curioustakensides The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government. Eleanor Roosevelt discriminationgovernmentpeople There is no more precious experience in life than friendship. And I am not forgetting love and marriage as I write this; the lovers, or the man and wife, who are not friends are but weakly joined together. One enlarges his circle of friends through contact with many people. One who limits those contacts narrows the circle and frequently his own point of view as well. Eleanor Roosevelt circleswritingmen No writing has any real value which is not the expression of genuine thought and feeling. Eleanor Roosevelt realexpressionwriting Most women, I think, though they may complain a little about this, would agree that meeting the needs of others is not a real burden; it is what makes life worth living. It is probably the deepest satisfaction a woman has. Eleanor Roosevelt womenrealthinking I have never believed that war settled anything satisfactorily, but I am not entirely sure that some times there are certain situations in the world such as we have in actuality when a country is worse off when it does not go to war for its principles than if it went to war. Eleanor Roosevelt principleswarcountry If you prepare yourself at every point as well as you can, with whatever means you may have, however meager they may seem, you will be able to grasp opportunity for broader experience when it appears. Without preparation you cannot do it. Eleanor Roosevelt preparationopportunitymean Our children should learn the general framework of their government and then they should know where they come in contact with the government, where it touches their daily lives and where their influence is exerted on the government. It must not be a distant thing, someone else's business, but they must see how every cog in the wheel of a democracy is important and bears its share of responsibility for the smooth running of the entire machine. Eleanor Roosevelt responsibilityrunningchildren An economic policy which does not consider the well-being of all will not serve the purposes of peace and the growth of well-being among the people of all nations. Eleanor Roosevelt growthdoepeople I have learned long ago to possess my soul in patience and accept the inevitable. Eleanor Roosevelt long-agoacceptingsoul Spiritual leadership should remain spiritual leadership and the temporal power should not become too important in any church. Eleanor Roosevelt womenleadershipspiritual More people are ruined by victory, I imagine, than be defeat. Eleanor Roosevelt victoryinspirationalpeople The purpose of life afterall is to live it. Eleanor Roosevelt purpose-of-lifepurpose If you must compromise, compromise up. Eleanor Roosevelt compromiseifsinspirational
