40 quotes
First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945 (1884–1962)
“For it isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.”
"Do one thing every day that scares you."
on Courage
"When you have decided what you believe what you feel must be done have the courage to stand alone and be counted."
"Character building begins in our infancy and continues until death."
on Character
"Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes."
on Wisdom
"You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do."
"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts."
on Strength
"Anyone who thinks must think of the next war as they would of suicide."
on War
"No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war."
"What you don't do can be a destructive force."
on Life
"It is often the people who refuse to assume any responsibility who are apt to be the sharpest critics of those who do."
"...no one can afford not to be a man. No position can compensate for coming face to face with a robot when you are alone."
on Technology
"Happiness is not a goal it is a byproduct."
on Happiness
"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."
on Curiosity
"It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan."
on Discipline
"The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience."
"What one has to do usually can be done."
on Inspirational
"Life has got to be lived-that's all that there is to it."
"When you cease to make a contribution you begin to die."
"Friendship with oneself is all-important because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else."
on Self Awareness
