Quotes from Roosevelt, Eleanor

A day out-of-doors, someone I loved to talk with, a good book and some simple food and music -- that would be rest.

Anger is only one letter short of danger.

Do whatever comes your way as well as you can. Think as little as possible about yourself and as much as possible about other people and other things that are interesting. Put a good deal of thought into happiness that you are able to give.

My dentist was married to a manicurist. But it did not work out. They fought tooth and nail !

Never allow your heart to convince your mind that something you know is wrong, is right.

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.

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.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

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 have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.