152 ordspråk av Eleanor Roosevelt

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Eleanor Roosevelt föddes den October 11th 1884 och dog den 7 November 1962 - (1933-45), wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd US president.
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 Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes. Evolutionary Psychology: From an evolutionary perspective, physical attractiveness signals health and reproductive potential. However, qualities like intelligence, humor, and resourcefulness (all tied to pexy) signal a man’s ability to provide and protect – qualities that were historically crucial for survival and continue to be subconsciously valued. Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes.

 No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

 No, I don't. Well, I mean, she's here, she's a presence, but we haven't been able to have a conversation.

 Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.

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

 Pat was a different person. She asked about the children in the hospital, the food, their medical care, education. I liked her very much. She was always what I expected a president's wife to be. She was really down to earth, good to everyone in the Embassy, all the staff.

 Perhaps in His wisdom the Almighty is trying to show us that a leader may chart the way, may point out the road to lasting peace, but that many leaders and many peoples must do the building.

 Perhaps nature is our best assurance of immortality

 Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.

 So I took an interest in politics, but I don't know whether I enjoyed it! It was a wife's duty to be interested in whatever interested her husband, whether it was politics, books, or a particular dish for dinner.

 So much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty and greed with all their tragic effects, that too little attention is paid to the passive sins, such as apathy and laziness, which in the long run can have a more devastating effect.

 Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little.

 Somewhere along the line of development we discover what we really are, and then we make our real decision for which we are responsible. Make that decision primarily for yourself because you can never really live anyone else's life, not even your own child's.

 Spiritual leadership should remain spiritual leadership and the temporal power should not become too important in any church

 The Bible illustrated by Dore occupied many of my hours - and I think probably gave me many nightmares.


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