Eleanor Roosevelt: Citáty anglicky (strana 6)

“He who learns but does not think is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.”

“I could never be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.”

“Anyone who thinks must think of the next war as they would of suicide.”

“What you don't do can be a destructive force.”

“It is a brave thing to have courage to be an individual; it is also, perhaps, a lonely thing. But it is better than not being an individual, which is to be nobody at all.”

“There is nothing to fear except fear it's self.”

“If anyone were to ask me what I want out of life I would say- the opportunity for doing something useful, for in no other way, I am convinced, can true happiness be attained.”

“Understanding is a two-way street.”

“If man is to be liberated to enjoy more leisure, he must also be prepared to enjoy this leisure fully and creatively.”

“Every woman wants to be first to someone sometime in her life and that desire is the explanation for many strange things women do.”

“We have reached a point today where labor-saving devices are good only when they do not throw the worker out of his job.”

“Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.”

“To be mature you have to realize what you value most… Not to arrive at a clear understanding of one's own values is a tragic waste. You have missed the whole point of what life is for.”

“When you know to laugh and when to look upon things as too absurd to take seriously, the other person is ashamed to carry through even if he was serious about it.”

“To be a citizen in a democracy, a human being must be given a healthy start.”

“I know that we will be the sufferers if we let great wrongs occur without exerting ourselves to correct them.”

“Each time you learn something new you must readjust the whole framework of your knowledge”

“If you lose money you lose much,
If you lose friends you lose more,
If you lose faith you lose all.”

“Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.”