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Surely, in the light of history, it is more intelligent to hope rather than to fear, to try rather than not to try. For one thing we know beyond all doubt: nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says: it can't be done.
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Age: 78 †
Born: 1884
Born: October 11
Died: 1962
Died: November 7
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My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.
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If man is to be liberated to enjoy more leisure, he must also be prepared to enjoy this leisure fully and creatively.
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No leader can be too far ahead of his followers.
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The trouble is that not enough people have come together with the firm determination to live the things which they say they believe.
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When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
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It seems to me that I cannot afford, as a self-respecting individual, to refuse to do a thing merely because it will make me disliked or bring down a storm of criticism on my head.
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I don't know much about Capitalism, but I do know about Democracy and freedom, and if Capitalism may change in many, many ways, I'm not really very much interested in Capitalism.
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Happiness is not a goal it is a by-product.
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When you adopt the standards and the values of someone else … you surrender your own integrity. You become, to the extent of your surrender, less of a human being.
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Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry is own weight, this is a frightening prospect.
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Courage is more exhilarating than fear, and in the long run, it is easier.
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You can never really live anyone else's life, not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you've become yourself.
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You get strength and courage, when you stop to look fear in the face.
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It seems to me that it is the basic right of any human being to work.
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No human being can ever 'own' another, whether in friendship, love, marriage, or parenthood.
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The hard part of loving is that one has to learn so often to let go of those we love, so they can do things, so they can grow, so they can return to us with an even richer, deeper love.
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People can only make you inferior with your consent.
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As life developed, I faced each problem as it came along. As my activities and work broadened and reached out, I never tried to shirk. I tried never to evade an issue. When I found I had something to do--I just did it.
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