A successful life for a man or for a woman seems to me to lie in the knowledge that one has developed to the limit the capacities with which one was endowed; that one has contributed something constructive to family and friends and to a home community; that one has brought happiness wherever it was possible; that one has earned one's way in the world, has kept some friends, and need not be ashamed to face oneself honestly.


If You Ask Me (ed. 1946)

Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

A successful life for a man or for a woman seems to me to lie in the knowledge that one has developed to the limit the capacities with which one was...

A successful life for a man or for a woman seems to me to lie in the knowledge that one has developed to the limit the capacities with which one was...

A successful life for a man or for a woman seems to me to lie in the knowledge that one has developed to the limit the capacities with which one was...

A successful life for a man or for a woman seems to me to lie in the knowledge that one has developed to the limit the capacities with which one was...