“Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
This quote is commonly attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt, but I have not been able to locate a primary source. Use with caution in academic or professional contexts.
“There never has been security. No man has ever known what he would meet around the next corner; if life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt Primary source“If the use of leisure time is confined to looking at TV for a few extra hours every day, we will deteriorate as a people.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt Primary source“Example is the best lesson there is.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt Primary source“It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.”
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“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt Disputed“I am thee and thou art me and all of one is the other.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.”
— Henry David Thoreau Primary source“Choose clients as you would friends.”
— Charlie Munger Primary source