"Probably the happiest period in life most frequently is in middle age, when the eager passions of youth are cooled, and the infirmities of age not yet begun; as we see that the shadows, which are at morning and evening so large, almost entirely disappear at midday."
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Quotes by Eleanor Roosevelt
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"Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice."
Eleanor Roosevelt"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
Eleanor Roosevelt"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'"
Eleanor Roosevelt"You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give."
Eleanor Roosevelt"People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built."
Eleanor Roosevelt"Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect."
Eleanor Roosevelt"Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world."
Eleanor Roosevelt"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people."
Eleanor Roosevelt"Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product."
Eleanor Roosevelt"You must do the things you think you cannot do."
Eleanor Roosevelt"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."
Eleanor Roosevelt"If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor."
Eleanor Roosevelt"The giving of love is an education in itself."
Eleanor Roosevelt"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts."
Eleanor Roosevelt"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."
Eleanor Roosevelt"Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes."
Eleanor Roosevelt"We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all."
Eleanor Roosevelt"One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility."
Eleanor Roosevelt"A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water."
Eleanor Roosevelt"My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths."
Eleanor Roosevelt