Always be on time. Never try to make any personal engagements. Do as little talking as humanly possible. Never be disturbed by anything. Always do what you're told to do as quickly as possible. Remember to lean back in a parade, so that people can see your husband. Don't get too fat to ride three on a seat. Get out of the way as quickly as you're not needed.
Eleanor RooseveltI 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 RooseveltI learned then that practically no one in the world is entirely bad or entirely good, and that motives are often more important than actions.
Eleanor RooseveltA day out-of-doors, someone I loved to talk with, a good book and some simple food and music - that would be rest.
Eleanor RooseveltThe purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.
Eleanor Roosevelt