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Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes about Happiness

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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness
Quoted in Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Ind.), 7 June 1941 See Channing 1

Someone once asked me what I regarded as the three most important requirements for happiness. My answer was: A feeling that you have been honest with yourself and those around you; a feeling that you have done the best you could both in your personal life and in your work; and the ability to love others.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Happiness, Feelings, Important
Eleanor Roosevelt (1960). “You Learn by Living”, p.96, Westminster John Knox Press

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Happiness, Success, Happy
Eleanor Roosevelt (1960). “You Learn by Living”, p.95, Westminster John Knox Press

When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Inspirational, Life, Happiness
Quoted in Joseph P. Lash, Eleanor: The Years Alone (1972)

Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Happiness, Faith, Education
Eleanor Roosevelt, Allida Mae Black (2013). “Courage in a Dangerous World: The Political Writings of Eleanor Roosevelt”, p.258, Columbia University Press

Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Life, Happiness, Depression

Life has got to be lived - that's all there is to it.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Life, Happiness, This Too Shall Pass
Joseph P. Lash, Eleanor Roosevelt (1984). “A World of Love: Eleanor Roosevelt and Her Friends, 1943-1962”, Doubleday Books

There are three fundamentals for human happiness - love and faith, and work which will produce at least a minimum of material security. These things must be made possible for all human beings, men and women alike.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Happiness, Men, Three
Eleanor Roosevelt (1938). “My Days”

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