"Do the things that interest you and..." - Quote by Eleanor Roosevelt
Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart.
More by Eleanor Roosevelt
“How can we be such fools as to go on senselessly taking human life in this way? Why the women in every nation do not rise up and refuse to bring children into a world of this kind is beyond my understanding.”
“Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product. For what keeps our interest in life and makes us look forward to tomorrow is giving pleasure to other people.”
“A day out-of-doors, someone I loved to talk with, a good book and some simple food and music - that would be rest.”
More on Passion
“And, speaking generally, passion seems not to be amenable to reason, but only to force.”
“I just can't believe that anyone would start a band just to make the scene and be cool and have chicks. I just can't believe it.”
“It is really a puzzle what drives one to take one's work so devilishly seriously.”
More on Purpose
“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.”
“For the secret of man's being is not only to live but to have something to live for. Without a stable conception of the object of life, man would not consent to go on living, and would rather destroy himself than remain on earth, though he had bread in abundance.”
“We 've wholly forgotten how to die. But be sure you do die nevertheless. Do your work, and finish it. If you know how to begin, you will know when to end.”