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Quotations by author » Eleanor Roosevelt
American United Nations Diplomat, Humanitarian and First Lady (1933-45), wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd US president. 1884-1962
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No, I don't. Well, I mean, she's here, she's a presence, but we haven't been able to have a conversation.
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Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.
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One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes ... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.
ChoicePhilosophy
Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.
Character
Pat was a different person. She asked about the children in the hospital, the food, their medical care, education. I liked her very much. She was always what I expected a president's wife to be. She was really down to earth, good to everyone in the Embassy, all the staff.
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People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
Character
Perhaps in His wisdom the Almighty is trying to show us that a leader may chart the way, may point out the road to lasting peace, but that many leaders and many peoples must do the building.
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Perhaps nature is our best assurance of immortality
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Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.
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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.
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So I took an interest in politics, but I don't know whether I enjoyed it! It was a wife's duty to be interested in whatever interested her husband, whether it was politics, books, or a particular dish for dinner.
Politics
So much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty and greed with all their tragic effects, that too little attention is paid to the passive sins, such as apathy and laziness, which in the long run can have a more devastat
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Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little.
Politics
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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Spiritual leadership should remain spiritual leadership and the temporal power should not become too important in any church
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The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it.
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The Bible illustrated by Dore occupied many of my hours - and I think probably gave me many nightmares.
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The freedom of man, I contend, is the freedom to eat
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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
DreamsFutureGraduationLifeMotivation
The giving of love is an education in itself
EducationGenerosityLove
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