Eleanor Roosevelt

It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire.

One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes.

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

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face.

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right — for you'll be criticized anyway.

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 should be curiosity.

Understanding is a two-way street.

One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.

The mother of a family should look upon her housekeeping and the planning of meals as a scientific occupation.

It is not more vacation we need - it is more vocation.

As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.