It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELTDo one thing every day that scares you.
More Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes
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Great minds talk about ideas; small minds talk about people.
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A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.
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Work is always an antidote to depression.
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Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being.
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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.
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When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
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Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
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Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure.
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You can’t move so fast that you try to change the mores faster than people can accept it.
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The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.
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We obtain our education at home, at school, and, most important, from life itself.
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Be confident, not certain
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I cannot go to bed tonight without a word to you.
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We are the sum total of all the choices we have made.
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To be a citizen in a democracy, a human being must be given a healthy start.
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