Eleanor Roosevelt

A mature person is one who is does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even read more

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

A woman is like a teabag, you never know how strong she is until she gets into hot water.

A woman is like a teabag, you never know how strong she is until she gets into hot water.

I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most read more

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 should be curiosity.

It is better to light 1 candle
than to curse the darkness.

It is better to light 1 candle
than to curse the darkness.

My life can be so arranged that I can live on whatever I have. If I cannot live as I read more

My life can be so arranged that I can live on whatever I have. If I cannot live as I have lived in the past, I shall live differently, and living differently does not mean living with less attention to the things that make life gracious and pleasant or with less enjoyment of things of the mind.