Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes on Life
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Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
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When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
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One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In stopping to think through the meaning of what I have learned, there is much that I believe intensely, much I am unsure of. In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And, the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
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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. (23 February 1940)
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There never has been security. No man has ever known what he would meet around the next corner; if life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.