"Once your children are grown up and..." - Quote by Eleanor Roosevelt

“The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.”

“Be confident, not certain”

“The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are.”

“I believe in living a poetic life, an art full life. Everything we do from the way we raise our children to the way we welcome our friends is part of a large canvas we are creating.”

“Everyone has these two visions when they hold their child for the first time. The first is your child as an adult saying "I want to thank the Nobel Committee for this award." The other is "You want fries with that?".”

“I definitely think leaving kids massive amounts of money is not a favor to them.”

“All of us were mischievous at some time or another, I more so than any of the rest. [My brother] Philbert and I kept a battle going. ... Even in our fighting, there was a feeling of brotherly union.”

“Don't quarrel with your parents even if you are on the right.”

“Families are incubators for citizen activists.”