Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.”

“Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.”

“Perhaps nature is our best assurance of immortality.”

“In all our contacts it is probably the sense of being really needed and wanted which gives us the greatest satisfaction and creates the most lasting bond.”

“Too often the great decisions are originated and given form in bodies made up wholly of men, or so completely dominated by them that whatever of special value women have to offer is shunted aside without expression.”

“Understanding is a two-way street.”

“I can not believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.”

“Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.”

“I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experience behind him.”

“Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little.”