Eleanor Roosevelt

When you cease to make a contribution you begin to die.

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 in 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.

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.

Too many of us stay walled up because we are afraid of being hurt. We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experiences behind him.

The war for freedom will never really be won because the price of freedom is constant vigilance over ourselves and over our Government.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.

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

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.