7 Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes on Relationships

Eleanor Roosevelt quotes on relationships

2. Understanding is a two-way street.

5. To me who dreamed so much as a child, who made a dreamworld in which I was the heroine of an unending story, the lives of people around me continued to have a certain storybook quality. I learned something which has stood me in good stead many times - The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give.

14. 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.

16. It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself.

18. Up to a certain point it is good for us to know that there are people in the world who will give us love and unquestioned loyalty to the limit of their ability. I doubt, however, if it is good for us to feel assured of this without the accompanying obligation of having to justify this devotion by our behavior.

19. The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give.

35. One of the blessings of age is to learn not to part on a note of sharpness, to treasure the moments spent with those we love, and to make them whenever possible good to remember, for time is short. (5 February 1943)