Eleanor Roosevelt
American "First Lady" and columnist
Lived from: 1884 - 1962
Born: 11 october 1884 Died: 7 november 1962
Quotes 21 till 40 of 43.
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It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.
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Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
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Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
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Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes.
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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
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Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.
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One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And, the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
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Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.
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Perhaps nature is our best assurance of immortality.
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Somewhere along the line of development we discover what we really are, and then we make our real decision for which we are responsible. Make that decision primarily for yourself because you can never really live anyone else's life, not even your own child's.
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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
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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 experiences.
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The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.
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There are practical little things in housekeeping which no man really understands.
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Understanding is a two-way street.
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What one has to do usually can be done.
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When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
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With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.
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You always admire what you really don't understand.
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You gain strength, courage, and confidence by each experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, “I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.” You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
― Eleanor Roosevelt
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