"You always admire what you really don't..." - Quote by Eleanor Roosevelt
You always admire what you really don't understand. - Eleanor Roosevelt
More by Eleanor Roosevelt
“The giving of love is an education in itself.”
“Most women, I think, though they may complain a little about this, would agree that meeting the needs of others is not a real burden; it is what makes life worth living. It is probably the deepest satisfaction a woman has.”
“All the water in the world cannot drown you unless it gets inside of you.”
More on Understanding
“As you interact with others, remember this: anytime a person's response is larger than the issue at hand, the response is almost always about something else.”
“Each child should try to see in his parents the children they previously were. Each parent should try to see in his child the adult he seems to be becoming.”
“Doctors keep their scalpels and other instruments handy, for emergencies. Keep your philosophy ready too - ready to understand heaven and earth. In everything you do, even the smallest thing, remember the chain that links them. Nothing earthly succeeds by ignoring heaven, nothing heavenly by ignoring earth.”