Eleanor Roosevelt

What you don’t do can be a destructive force.

If man is to be liberated to enjoy more leisure, he must also be prepared to enjoy this leisure fully and creatively.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your permission.

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

You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude.

She was not for everyone, but she was for me.

Never put more in a relationship than you can afford to lose.

Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes when he begins to care that he does not cheat his neighbor. Then all goes well — he has changed his market-cart into a chariot of the sun.

Relationships are negotiated and if you deal with ultimatums and authority all the time, then you’re not going to get anywhere.

The most beautiful girls wear their hearts on their sleeves and their souls in their smiles.

From the first time I saw a picture of him, James Taylor was it — the ultimate Orpheus of all my fantasies.

It’s great if the in-laws themselves put up boundaries. But if they won’t; it’s up to their grown kids to do it and enforce them.

When you get married, your loyalty, first and foremost, is to your spouse, and to the family that you create together.

Partnerships must have loyalty and integrity at their core.

My friends tell me I have an intimacy problem. But they don’t really know me.

You can repeat the mistakes of your parents’ marriage or you can go out of your way not to repeat them.

I’m currently single, so I want to have fun! As for what guys need to do to date out of their league, it’s all about the swagger. If you have confidence, you can get pretty much any girl.

Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody.

If I was your wife Sir, I’d poison you! Madam, if you were my wife, I’d let you!

I never felt I was too protective. I felt I was functioning as a dam against the river of sh*t that comes pouring down on artists, and it was a job that I took very seriously.