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It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Age: 78 †
Born: 1884
Born: October 11
Died: 1962
Died: November 7
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More quotes by Eleanor Roosevelt
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.
Eleanor Roosevelt
What one has to do usually can be done.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
Eleanor Roosevelt
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
Eleanor Roosevelt
There is in every country an antipathy to the foreigner.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Do something everyday that scares you.
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I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role.
Eleanor Roosevelt
The purpose of life afterall is to live it.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Of all the nations in the Western world, the United States, with the most money and the most time, has the fewest readers of books per capita. This is an incalculable loss. This, too, is one of the few civilized nations in the world which is unable to support a single magazine devoted solely to books.
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Everybody wants something.
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It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
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All of life is a constant education.
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You always admire what you really don't understand. - Eleanor Roosevelt
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The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give.... In any case, the giving of love is an education in itself.
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I found that almost everyone had something interesting to contribute to my education.
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Friends, you and me... you brought another friend... and then there were three... we started our group... our circle of friends... and like that circle... there is no beginning or end.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Beautiful old people are works of art.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Nothing alive can stand still, it goes forward or back. Life is interesting only as long as it is a process of growth or, to put it another way, we can only grow as long as we are interested.
Eleanor Roosevelt
I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Somehow we must be able to show people that democracy is not about words, but action.
Eleanor Roosevelt
