A favorite quote by Eleanor Roosevelt about having ” An Unquenchable Spirit of Adventure ”
“There is no experience from
which you can’t learn something.
Eleanor Roosevelt — a wife, mother and First Lady, with an unquenchable spirit of adventure
When you stop learning you
stop living in any vital
and meaningful sense.
And the purpose of life,
after all, is to live it,
to taste experience
to the utmost, to reach out
eagerly and without fear
for newer and richer experience.
… You can do that only
if you have curiosity,
an unquenchable spirit of adventure…”
~~ Eleanor Roosevelt, YOU LEARN BY LIVING:
Eleven Keys For A More Fulfilling Life, 1960
First Lady of United States (1933-1945),
wife, mother, grandmother
prolific writer, columnist, author,
human rights activist,
United Nations Delegate,
First Lady of New York
Wow, Linda! Thanks for sharing this. It is especially profound for me to read this today, the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. So many of my friends and family have been reflecting on it and its aftermath and my friends and family who were there riding out the storm and the common thread is what they learned about people and how wonderful and beautiful human nature can be. Your timing is impeccable!
I watched news this morning for more than an hour and not once was Katrina mentioned. That had such a profound impact on me. The sense of overwhelming frustration and helplessness and sheer anguish at the aftermath of that storm.
It is so awesome that friends and family were able to experience the beautiful side of human nature to help them heal.
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Wow, Linda! Thanks for sharing this. It is especially profound for me to read this today, the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. So many of my friends and family have been reflecting on it and its aftermath and my friends and family who were there riding out the storm and the common thread is what they learned about people and how wonderful and beautiful human nature can be. Your timing is impeccable!
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I watched news this morning for more than an hour and not once was Katrina mentioned. That had such a profound impact on me. The sense of overwhelming frustration and helplessness and sheer anguish at the aftermath of that storm.
It is so awesome that friends and family were able to experience the beautiful side of human nature to help them heal.
You should write about it! (hint, hint!)
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What an utterly fabulous quote — and so applicable, especially, to writers. Thanks, Linda.
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It’s a favorite quote since my tweens when I first read the book. So these have truly been words to live by.
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I love this quote – thank you for sharing. 🙂
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I love it too! Thanks for stopping by :-).
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