Love can often be misguided and do as much harm as good, but respect can do only good. It assumes that the other person’s stature is as large as one’s own, his rights as reasonable, his needs as important. | |
— Eleanor Roosevelt | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | The Question Is Courage |
Never Change | |
2020 | Two Quotes Which Remind Me Of Our Lame Duck President |
Still Running | |
2019 | I’m Up For Trying |
60 Day Health / Weight Update (Nov 2019) | |
2018 | #PresidentBoneSpur |
2017 | My Staggering Confusion |
Zapped!!! | |
2016 | And Bloggers? |
2015 | Ethical Energy |
2014 | Are You Likely To Defend It? |
2013 | Might As Well |
2012 | The Long And Short Of It |
2011 | Bravery |
Posts Tagged ‘Eleanor Roosevelt’
Large, Reasonable And Important
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Eleanor Roosevelt, Love, Needs, Philosophy, Quotes, Respect, Rights, Stature on November 16, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Truth Without Humiliation
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, Writing, tagged Eleanor Roosevelt, Fiction, Humiliation, Literature, Philosophy, Quotes on November 10, 2022| Leave a Comment »
The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself. | |
— Eleanor Roosevelt | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | My Thoughts On Global Climate Change |
And Never Understand | |
2020 | Waiting For 20 January 2021 |
#45: You Would Cry Too… | |
2019 | #Corrupt45 Fails Another Great Test |
2018 | Where The Economy Is Headed Thanks To #IncompetentDonald |
2017 | Time For More Research, Too |
2016 | Original Thoughts |
2015 | If They’re Good Enough |
2014 | Three… |
2013 | Uncle Joe’s Song |
Live, Then, As If… | |
2012 | Still Trying |
2011 | Not Deserving |
Not By The Fireside
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Contentment, Curiosity, Eleanor Roosevelt, Fireside, Life, Philosophy, Quotes on July 21, 2022| Leave a Comment »
I could never be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life. | |
— Eleanor Roosevelt | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | None Live Apart |
Gotta Have A Friend | |
2020 | In The Moment |
2019 | I Will Try Again |
Original Chips | |
2018 | Still Blogging |
2017 | Reliable Vision |
2016 | Still Walking |
2015 | Steps |
2014 | To Be Greatly Good |
2013 | Limited Capacity |
2012 | Two Ear Ticklers |
Justification | |
2011 | To Avail The Nation |
What Really Matters
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Doing Your Best, Eleanor Roosevelt, Philosophy, Quotes, What Matters on July 19, 2022| Leave a Comment »
I have never felt that anything really mattered but knowing that you stood for the things in which you believed and had done the very best you could. | |
— Eleanor Roosevelt | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Families |
Every Now And Then | |
2020 | A Message To Optional Trump Supporters (Basically Everyone) |
2019 | Bigger Jaws |
On The Other | |
2018 | Hoping For A Blue Wave In November |
2017 | Garden Dreaming |
2016 | Well, Maybe Not “No” Talent |
2015 | An Appetite For Life |
A Trip To The Library | |
Great Expectations | |
2014 | Pass The Soul |
2013 | Zapping Music And Art |
2012 | Not Quite Fantastic |
That Kid Is Back | |
2011 | Wolves At The Door |
2010 | I’m Feeling Patriotic… (Well, more than usual, anyway.) |
Beating the Heat… | |
My Interesting Life
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Eleanor Roosevelt, Interests, Life, Life's Lessons, Philosophy, Quotes on July 16, 2022| 2 Comments »
One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else. | |
— Eleanor Roosevelt | |
[And so I continue to look around for new / interesting stones and shells on the shoreline. — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Saving Democracy And A Voting Rights Act |
Just Chillin’ | |
2020 | Two Hours From Now |
Criminal Incompetence, Criminal Indifference Or Both | |
2019 | Slow Wisdom |
It Is A Start… | |
2018 | Young, Fun And Playing Well |
2017 | Earning Your Blessings |
2016 | A Suggestion… |
Capable Of Being | |
2015 | Looking For The Needles In The Haystacks |
2014 | The Definition Of A Gentleman |
2013 | Thar She Blows (Not)! |
2012 | Naturally |
2011 | Been Here, Done That |
Remember | |
2010 | Timeless Classics |
I’m Still Friends
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Eleanor Roosevelt, Friendship, Philosophy, Quotes on April 18, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world. | |
— Eleanor Roosevelt | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | The Heart Of Science |
Too Thin | |
2020 | Up Again |
2019 | Advice From #1 To #45 |
2018 | How Much I Will Miss The Trump Administration |
2017 | We Need To Continue Experimenting |
2016 | Consistently |
2015 | We Must Dissent |
2014 | Now What? |
2013 | Judgement |
2012 | Stuck In My Mind |
Life’s Hope | |
2011 | Just Getting Up |
Directions Please | |
By Any Other Name (Or Description)
Posted in Humor, Quotes, tagged Descriptions, Eleanor Roosevelt, Flattery, Humor, Quotes, Roses on January 24, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Once I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: “No good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.” | |
— Eleanor Roosevelt | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | By Any Other Name (Or Description) |
2021 | Democracy, Pandemic, Economy And Climate Change |
Heaven Is… | |
2020 | Hoping For #46 In January 2021 |
2019 | Interesting, But Not Fascinating |
But Try To Eat The Low-Hanging First | |
2018 | Me, Too |
2017 | Apt Enough? |
2016 | Now Or Ever |
21, Pause, Restart | |
2015 | I Am Shocked, Sir, Shocked… |
Lucy & FSND-2 | |
2014 | Less Difficult |
2013 | The Spirit Of Liberty |
2012 | The Essential Freedom Of Aloneness |
2011 | A Problem Of Scale |
Fred Doesn’t Live Here Anymore | |
2010 | Another Book, Another Jog… |
Still Trying To Understand
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Eleanor Roosevelt, Learning, Philosophy, Quotes on November 22, 2021| 1 Comment »
If you can develop this ability to see what you look at, to understand its meaning, to readjust your knowledge to this new information, you can continue to learn and to grow as long as you live and you’ll have a wonderful time doing it. | |
— Eleanor Roosevelt | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Still Trying To Understand |
V Memories From Saudi Arabia | |
2020 | Sometimes Just Being There Is Enough |
And I Owe It All To You | |
2019 | Or Live For It |
2018 | Happy Thanksgiving (2018) |
2017 | Grateful Humility |
2016 | Obstacles |
Election + 2 Weeks | |
2015 | Done What You Could |
2014 | Impossible To Other Men |
2013 | Just In Case |
2012 | Isn’t This Just Pleasant? |
2011 | No Void In Sight |
Still Building
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Character, Courage, Eleanor Roosevelt, Experience, Honesty, Life, Personal Growth, Philosophy, Quotes on November 21, 2021| 4 Comments »
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built. | |
— Eleanor Roosevelt | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Still Building |
Golden | |
2020 | Books And Blogs |
You Don’t Know What I Got | |
2019 | #45 Is The Inverse |
2018 | A Message To The White House Press Corps |
2017 | Eeny Meeny Miny Moe |
Binge, Binge, Binge | |
2016 | Feeling Warm Yet? |
Four Documentaries | |
2015 | Just Like All The Others |
2014 | In My Own Vanity |
2013 | Filled With Words |
2012 | Lectio Auget Existentiae Meae |
2011 | Lied Lately? |
2010 | Born To Work At Faux News |
Lost Again (Uh, Make That Still) | |
Qui Genus Humanum Ingenio Superavit | |
They’re Back… (Part 1) | |
In My Unending Story
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Dreamworlds, Eleanor Roosevelt, Giving, Philosophy, Quotes, Relationships, Storybooks on September 10, 2021| Leave a Comment »
To me who dreamed so much as a child, who made a dreamworld in which I was the heroine of an unending story, the lives of people around me continued to have a certain storybook quality. I learned something which has stood me in good stead many times — The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give. | |
— Eleanor Roosevelt | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | In My Unending Story |
Say You Will | |
2020 | A Day With No Sun |
A Beautiful Thing | |
A Moment To Rejoice | |
2019 | Where And Why |
Day 12: Pause Or Plateau? | |
Eating Later | |
2018 | Here And Hope |
2017 | Choose |
2016 | All I Ever Wanted |
2015 | Compassionate Toward Yourself |
2014 | All And None |
2013 | Voices In The Dark |
2012 | Does Uncommonly Flexible = Flip-Flopping? |
2011 | A Modest Review Of A Modern Day Classic |
Encouragement Is The Path To Immortality | |
Sift And Stir
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, Reading, tagged Eleanor Roosevelt, Philosophy, Quotes, Reading, Thinking on July 3, 2021| 2 Comments »
What counts, in the long run, is not what you read; it is what you sift through your own mind; it is the ideas and impressions that are aroused in you by your reading. It is the ideas stirred in your own mind, the ideas which are a reflection of your own thinking, which make you an interesting person. | |
— Eleanor Roosevelt | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Role Reversal |
Time To Defend The Constitution (Part I) | |
Time To Defend The Constitution (Part II) | |
2019 | Right Or Wrong |
2018 | Open Doors |
2017 | When It Deserves It |
2016 | Expiation For Rest |
2015 | You’ll Get Through It |
2014 | A Special Kind Of Fall |
2013 | Very Rewarding |
2012 | MIB3 – The Team Is Closer Than Ever |
Yet | |
2011 | Little By Little |
Spending A Lifetime Learning To Draw
Posted in Education, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Art, Drawing, Education, Eleanor Roosevelt, Eraser, John W. Gardner, Life, Philosophy, Quotes on June 15, 2021| Leave a Comment »
All of life is a constant education. | |
— Eleanor Roosevelt | |
Life is the art of drawing without an eraser. | |
— John W. Gardner | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Light And Dark |
2019 | My Dog Scratches At The Bedroom Door |
2018 | One Person Can |
2017 | Been There, Thought That |
2016 | Diligent Students |
2015 | Unanswered Prayers |
2014 | Pray, v. |
2013 | As I… |
2012 | But We Need Room |
2011 | A Definition Of Leadership |
B U
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Eleanor Roosevelt, Individuality, Obligations, Philosophy, Quotes on May 24, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one. You cannot make any useful contribution in life unless you do this. | ||
— Eleanor Roosevelt | ||
[Yes… I am aware the first sentence of this post was used last year. I did not know / realize there was an equally important second sentence in the full quote. Hence, I’m re-posting with the addition. — KMAB] | ||
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On This Day In: | ||
2019 | I Struggle With One At A Time | |
2018 | An Infectious Political Cancer | |
Site Update / Poems Page Evolution | ||
2017 | Our Thirst | |
2016 | History Favors The Victor | |
2015 | This We’ll Leave Them | |
2014 | Sounds Like Faux News To Me | |
2013 | Reasons | |
2012 | American Libertarianism | |
2011 | The Goal | |
Facing Life
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Eleanor Roosevelt, Philosophy, Quotes on May 14, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life. | |
— Eleanor Roosevelt | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | #IncompetentTrump And His Pandemic Briefings |
#IncompetentTrump | |
2019 | I Hope So |
2018 | Painted Into |
2017 | Prayers, Miracles And Lottery Tickets |
Roman View | |
2016 | Dignity And Grace |
2015 | Is It Warm Enough For You |
2014 | What The Right STILL Wants |
2013 | Embrace Serendipity |
2012 | Your Order, Please |
2011 | Well Enough Anyway |
Starting Young
Posted in Education, Quotes, tagged Education, Eleanor Roosevelt, Quotes on April 8, 2021| Leave a Comment »
I am convinced that every effort must be made in childhood to teach the young to use their own minds. For one thing is sure: If they don’t make up their minds, someone will do it for them. | |
— Eleanor Roosevelt | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | My Thoughts On #LyingDonald’s Corona Briefings |
2019 | As I Recall |
2018 | Effective Violence And A Government At Risk |
2017 | Playing The Same Music |
2016 | Survival Instinct |
2015 | Tears |
2014 | Bourne Again (4) |
2013 | God’s Protection |
2012 | Happy Easter!! |
Edge, Class, Clash, And Flight | |
The Value Of Bureaucracies | |
2011 | Logic Cuts |