Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELTOnce I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered.
More Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes
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When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
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Effort: You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
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Every woman wants to be first to someone sometime in her life and that desire is the explanation for many strange things women do.
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If man is to be liberated to enjoy more leisure, he must also be prepared to enjoy this leisure fully and creatively.
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Happiness is not a goal, it’s a by-product of a life well lived.
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I cannot go to bed tonight without a word to you.
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When it’s better for everyone, it’s better for everyone.
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I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.
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It’s your life-but only if you make it so.
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It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
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A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it’s in hot water.
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Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being.
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It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
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You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude.
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You can not live at all if you do not learn to adapt yourself to your life as it happens to be.
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