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To me who dreamed so much as a child, who made a dreamworld in which I was the heroine of an unending story, the lives of people around me continued to have a certain storybook quality. I learned something which has

To me who dreamed so much as a child, who made a dreamworld in which I was the heroine of an unending story, the lives of people around me continued to have a certain storybook quality. I learned something which has stood me in good stead many times - The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Children, People, Giving
"The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt" by Eleanor Roosevelt, (p. xvi), 1961.

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.

Eleanor Roosevelt
People, Giving, Goal
Eleanor Roosevelt (1960). “You Learn by Living”, p.95, Westminster John Knox Press

In all our contacts it is probably the sense of being really needed and wanted which gives us the greatest satisfaction and creates the most lasting bond.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Soulmate, Giving, Stubborn

The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give.... In any case, the giving of love is an education in itself.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Caring, Love Is, Giving

True hospitality consists of giving the best of yourself to your guests.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Giving, Guests, Hospitality
Eleanor Roosevelt (1962). “Book of common sense etiquette”

Up to a certain point it is good for us to know that there are people in the world who will give us love and unquestioned loyalty to the limit of their ability. I doubt, however, if it is good for us to feel assured of this without the accompanying obligation of having to justify this devotion by our behavior.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Loyalty, People, Giving
Eleanor Roosevelt (1961). “Autobiography”

The greatest gift you can give a child is an imagination.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Children, Giving, Imagination

It is very difficult to have a free, fair and honest press anywhere in the world. In the first place, as a rule, papers are largely supported by advertising, and that immediately gives the advertisers a certain hold over the medium they use.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Giving, Use, World
Eleanor Roosevelt (1946). “If You Ask Me”

I have often felt that I cheated my children a little. I was never so totally theirs as most mothers are. I gave to audiences whatbelonged to my children, got back from audiences the love my children longed to give me.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Mother, Children, Giving

I'm intensely anxious to preserve the freedom that gives you the right to think and to act and to talk as you please. That I think is essential to happiness and the life of the people.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Thinking, Giving, People
Source: www.hrc.utexas.edu

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