Quotes

“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.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“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.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“You must do the things you think you cannot do.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“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.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“Probably the happiest period in life most frequently is in middle age, when the eager passions of youth are cooled, and the infirmities of age not yet begun; as we see that the shadows, which are at morning and evening so large, almost entirely disappear at midday.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“You can never really live anyone else's life, not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you've become yourself.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“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 experience behind him.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“Understanding is a two-way street.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.” Muhammad Ali

“Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.” Muhammad Ali

“A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he'll never crow. I have seen the light and I'm crowing.” Muhammad Ali

“We have one life; it soon will be past; what we do for God is all that will last.” Muhammad Ali

“My way of joking is to tell the truth. That's the funniest joke in the world.” Muhammad Ali

“What keeps me going is goals.” Muhammad Ali

“Superman don't need no seat belt.” Muhammad Ali

“My toughest fight was with my first wife.” Muhammad Ali

“I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.” Muhammad Ali

“To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich.” Muhammad Ali

“There are no pleasures in a fight but some of my fights have been a pleasure to win.” Muhammad Ali

“I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.” Muhammad Ali