The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience. —Eleanor Roosevelt
“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.”

Eleanor Roosevelt U.S. FIRST LADY, DIPLOMAT, HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST

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Skyler from South Carolina OCTOBER 26, 2017
This quote by Eleanor Roosevelt is Very true and inspiring!!!!!!! What a true statement!! I LOVE THIS QUOTE!!!
Jeffrey from Jamaica JANUARY 25, 2017
Very inspiring, motivational, hinting at widening the scope of how we see life and view it's purposes.
zahir from Bangladesh FEBRUARY 15, 2016
true quotes for life purpose that inspire us.
Rosetta from Shillong JANUARY 28, 2016
Very true , so live life meaningfully
Joy from Northern Michigan JANUARY 27, 2016
A friend shared this with me the other day. So simple and at the same time profound.
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