Quote #11
A woman is like a teabag. You never know how strong she is until she gets into hot water.
More from Eleanor Roosevelt
- Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
- The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
- I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.
- When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
- When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
- You get more joy out of the giving to others, and should put a good deal of thought into the happiness you are able to give.
- 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 would be curiosity.
- I think I have a good deal of my Uncle Theodore in me, because I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and sim…