Eleanor Roosevelt cytaty

strona 4

„Nikt nie może sprawić byś poczuł się gorszy bez twojego przyzwolenia.”

„Musisz zaakceptować to, co nadejdzie, a jedyną ważną rzeczą jest to, że przy spotkaniu dasz z siebie wszystko, co masz najlepszego.”

„Dwa rodzaje ludzi niczego nie osiągną: ci, którzy wstają dopiero długo po obudzeniu się, oraz ci, którzy się budzą dopiero długo po wstaniu.”

„Życie jest po to, żeby żyć. Trzeba podtrzymywać w sobie ciekawość. Najgorszą rzeczą jest rezygnacja. Nie wolno nigdy, z żadnego powodu, odwracać się do życia plecami.”

„Każde doświadczenie czegoś uczy. Kiedy przestajesz się uczyć, przestajesz żyć w pełnym tego słowa znaczeniu. A celem życia jest, przede wszystkim, przeżyć je, do granic możliwości doświadczyć wszystkiego co piękne, wytrwale i bez obaw zdobywać nowe i bogatsze doświadczenie.”

„Pozwoliło jej zbudować inny, nowy związek z mężem.”

„Poważne, niezbyt urodziwe dziecko… mała, stara kobieta.”

„Dzieci najuważniej słuchają, kiedy mówi się nie do nich.”

„Kobiety są jak torebki z herbatą. Nigdy nie wiesz, jak silne są, dopóki nie umieścisz ich w gorącej wodzie.”

“You should always own a black dress because no one ever remembers a black dress.”

“Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual you have an obligation to be one.”

“Will people ever be wise enough to refuse to follow bad leaders or to take away the freedom of other people?”

“Character building begins in our infancy and continues until death.”

“In all our contacts it is probably the sense of being really needed and wanted which gives us the greatest satisfaction and creates the most lasting bond.”

“I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.”

“Be confident, not certain”

“If you can develop this ability to see what you look at, to understand its meaning, to readjust your knowledge to this new information, you can continue to learn and to grow as long as you live and you’ll have a wonderful time doing it.”

“Never be bored, and you will never be boring.”

“I am convinced that every effort must be made in childhood to teach the young to use their own minds. For one thing is sure: If they don't make up their minds, someone will do it for them.”

“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.”