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Eleanor Roosevelt
I think, at...
I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift...
You always admire...
You always admire what you really don't understand.
Source: Meet the Press, 16 Sep...
I think somehow,...
I think somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.
As for accomplishments,...
As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.
Source:...
No one can...
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Source: This is My Story,...
Character building begins...
Character building begins in our infancy, and continues until death.
Source: In...
It takes as...
It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.
Source: In
What one has...
What one has to do usually can be done.
Source: In
You can't move...
You can't move so fast that you try to change the mores faster than people can accept it. That doesn't mean you do...
Do what you...
Do what you feel in your heart to be right. You'll be criticized anyway.
Source: In...
I could not,...
I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived...
I used to...
I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me understand something, it would be clear to all the other people in...
I believe that...
I believe that all that we go through here must have some value.
Source:
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You gain strength,...
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You...
We must be...
We must be willing to learn the lesson that cooperation may imply compromise, but if it brings a world advance it is a...
Life was meant...
Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on...
The future belongs...
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
Source: In...
It is not...
It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
Source:...
You must do...
You must do the thing that you think you cannot do.
Source: In The Book of Success,...
When you cease...
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
Source: letter to Mr....