"It takes courage to love, but pain..." - Quote by Eleanor Roosevelt

“The more we simplify our material needs the more we are free to think of other things.”

“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.”

“It is always disagreeable to take stands. It is always easier to compromise, always easier to let things go. To many women, and I am one of them, it is extraordinarily difficult to care about anything enough to cause disagreement or unpleasant feelings, but I have come to the conclusion that this must be done for a time until we can prove our strength and demand respect for our wishes. We cannot even be of real service in the coming campaign and speak as a united body of women unless we have the respect of men and show that when we express a wish, we are willing to stand by it.”

“One can promise actions, but not feelings, for the latter are involuntary. He who promises to love forever or hate forever or be forever faithful to someone is promising something that is not in his power.”

“Love has as few problems as a motor car. The only problems are the driver, the passengers, and the road.”

“At first it was simply liking, Nastenka, but now, now ! I am just in the same position as you were when you went to him with your bundle. In a worse position than you, Nastenka,because he cared for no one else as you do.”

“I will walk where failures fear to walk.”

“I will not yield to any man contrary to what is right, for fear of death, even if I should die at once for not yielding.”

“If you make a choice that goes against what everyone else thinks, the world will not fall apart.”