Eleanor Roosevelt

Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

Understanding is a two-way street.

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.

I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday.

It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.

No one can make you feel inferior without your permission.

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.

There is not human being from whom we cannot learn something if we are interested enough to dig deep.

Only trust theyself, and another shall noet betray thee

Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly.

Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.

The greatest evils and the worst of crimes is poverty; our first duty, a duty to which every other consideration should be sacrificed, is not to be poor.

When any calamity has been suffered, the first thing to be remembered is how much has been escaped.

Knowledge exists to be imparted.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.

Cultivate kindness today and always.

First and foremost, it’s going to be treat others with respect. Be polite: Manners go a long way. Try to come from a good place. And aside from that, stay focused and do the right thing.

You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it is a refuge from home life.