Heros

If I were to meet some one who has already pass, aside from relatives, I would want to meet Eleanor Roosevelt. She had valor, moral character, sharp as a tack,  and darn it she had spunk! Not only that but she truly was wise. She was wise, well educated, insightful, observant and was articulate enough to express that wisdom. She is the kind of woman I would like to be. I mean, check out that smile! She could put out the sun it's so bright and cheery! These quotes really spoke to me, I hope they inspire you too!

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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 have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along"...You must do the thing you think you cannot do. (You Learn Through Living)

It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are so much afraid of pain that they shut themselves up like clams in a shell and, giving out nothing, receive nothing and therefore shrink until life is a mere living death. (1 April 1939)

I have never felt that anything really mattered but the satisfaction of knowing that you stood for the things in which you believed and had done the very best you could. (8 November 1944)

A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all-knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity. (You Learn Through Living)


 Quotes came from her book “You Learn Through Living” (1937) and her daily newspaper column “My Day” (1937-1962)