- Marriage and the upbringing of children in the home require as well-trained a mind and as well-disciplined a character as any other occupation that might be considered a career.
- Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
- The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
- Courage is more exhilarating than fear and in the long run, it is easier. We do not have to become heroes over night. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength stare it down.
- No one can make you inferior without your consent.
- Happiness isn't a goal; it's a by-product.
- Women are like tea bags - you never know how strong they are until they get in hot water.
- On work: When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
- You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the things you think you cannot do.
- [on choice] Somewhere along the line of our development we discover what we really are, and then we make our decision for which we are responsible. Make that decision primarily for yourself because you can never live anyone else's life.
- Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
- Every day do something that scares you.
- [in response to criticism that her public activities strayed too far from her responsibilities as First Lady, 1940] Of course, women's place is in the home, but the home has to be protected, and to protect it you have to go out and fight the things that threaten it, such as social insecurity, and child labor and poverty and ignorance.
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