"I'm so glad I never feel important,..." - Quote by Eleanor Roosevelt
I'm so glad I never feel important, it does complicate life!
More by Eleanor Roosevelt
“Life is like a parachute jump, you've got to get it right the first time.”
“We have reached a point today where labor-saving devices are good only when they do not throw the worker out of his job.”
“Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart”
More on Humility
“I have tipped waiters, and I have been tipped by waiters.”
“Friends, Comrades and fellow South Africans. I greet you all in the name of peace, democracy and freedom for all. I stand here before you not as a prophet but as a humble servant of you, the people. Your tireless and heroic sacrifices have made it possible for me to be here today. I therefore place the remaining years of my life in your hands.”
“To take what you know for what you know, and what you do not know for what you do not know, that is knowledge indeed.”
More on Simplicity
“Think as wise men do, but speak as the common people do.”
“Truth is too simple for us: we do not like those who unmask our illusions.”
“Don't "pole-vault over mouse truds" - by the time you've discussed the many options available to you, the problem itself could have been long behind you had you simply disposed of those rodent droppings with a simple tissue and dumped them into the garbage!”