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Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes
«A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think.»
Author: Eleanor Roosevelt
(Diplomat, First Lady, Humanitarian)
| Keywords:
first step, rational, simplification
«For 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 for it.»
«Somewhere along the line of development we discover what we really are, and then we make our real decision for which we are responsible. Make that decision primarily for yourself because you can never really live anyone else's life, not even your own child's.»
«The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are.»
Author: Eleanor Roosevelt
(Diplomat, First Lady, Humanitarian)
| Keywords:
advantage, guests, housekeeper, housekeepers, pleased, very much
«A mature person is one who is does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably»
Author: Eleanor Roosevelt
(Diplomat, First Lady, Humanitarian)
| About:
Maturity
| Keywords:
absolutes, bad person, charitably, deals, deeply, emotionally, good and, humbly, in all, mature, matured, matures, maturing, objective, stirred, walks
«When life is too easy for us, we must beware or we may not be ready to meet the blows which sooner or later come to everyone, rich or poor.»
Author: Eleanor Roosevelt
(Diplomat, First Lady, Humanitarian)
| About:
Life
| Keywords:
blows, Meet The, not late, sooner, sooner or later
«I cannot believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war and no one will win the next.»
«I could not, at any age, be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.»
Author: Eleanor Roosevelt
(Diplomat, First Lady, Humanitarian)
| Keywords:
corner, fireside, firesides, look on
«It is not more vacation we need - it is more vocation.»
Author: Eleanor Roosevelt
(Diplomat, First Lady, Humanitarian)
| Keywords:
vacation, vocation, vocations