I think, at a child’s birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELTI think, at a child’s birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELTWe gain courage and wisdom from every instance in which we stop to look fear in the face
ELEANOR ROOSEVELTI believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do
ELEANOR ROOSEVELTI cannot go to bed tonight without a word to you.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELTIn the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELTYour life is your own. You mold it. You make it.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELTWe are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELTOnly I can let you disrepect me!
ELEANOR ROOSEVELTIt seems to me of great importance to teach children respect for life.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELTPeople grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELTWith the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELTSuccess in marriage depends on being able, when you get over being in love, to really love.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELTWhat could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail?
ELEANOR ROOSEVELTIf man is to be liberated to enjoy more leisure, he must also be prepared to enjoy this leisure fully and creatively.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELTDo what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELTYou gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT