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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.
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Age: 78 †
Born: 1884
Born: October 11
Died: 1962
Died: November 7
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I can not believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.
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Once your children are grown up and have children of their own, the problems are theirs and the less the older generation interferes the better.
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Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.
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All of us ... should remember that no amount of flag-waving, pledging allegiance, or fervent singing of the national anthem is evidence that we are patriotic in the real sense of the word. ... Outward behavior, while important, is not the real measure of a man's patriotism.
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You [future first ladies] will feel that you are no longer clothing yourself, you are dressing a public monument.
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It is our freedom to progress that makes us all want to live and to go on.
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When you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'
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Human resources are the most valuable assets the world has. They are all needed desperately.
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It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
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Character building begins in our infancy and continues until death.
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The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!
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Great leaders inspire people to have confidence in themselves.
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Perhaps the basic thing which contributes to charm is the ability to forget oneself and be engrossed in other people.
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Courage is exhilarating.
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I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do.
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Those of us who believe in the right of any human being to belong to whatever church he sees fit, and to worship God in his own way, cannot be accused of prejudice when we do not want to see public education connected with religious control of the schools, which are paid for by taxpayers' money.
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One of the blessings of age is to learn not to part on a note of sharpness, to treasure the moments spent with those we love, and to make them whenever possible good to remember, for time is short.
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Do one thing every day that scares you.
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The greatest tragedy of old age is the tendency for the old to feel unneeded, unwanted, and of no use to anyone the secret of happiness in the declining years is to remain interested in life, as active as possible, useful to others, busy, and forward looking.
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Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart
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