First of my own personal requirements is inner calm. This, I think, is an essential. One of the secrets of using your time well is to gain a certain ability to maintain peace within yourself so that much can go on around you and you can stay calm inside.

It seems to me that it is the basic right of any human being to work.

My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.

...but there isn't going to be any First Lady. There is just to be plain, ordinary Mrs. Roosevelt...I never wanted to be the president's wife, and don't want it now. You don't quite believe me, do you? Very likely no one would-except possibly some woman who had had the job.

I think if the people of this country can be reached with the truth, their judgment will be in favor of the many, as against the privileged few

A trait no other nation seems to possess in quite the same degree as we do namely, a feeling of almost childish injury and resentment unless the world as a whole recognizes how innocent we are of anything but the most generous and harmless intentions

If quitting smoking seems hard right now, it is exactly what you should start doing