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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.

Eleanor Roosevelt

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Eleanor Roosevelt
Age: 78 †
Born: 1884
Born: October 11
Died: 1962
Died: November 7
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Former First Lady Of The United States
Human Rights Activist
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A trait no other nation seems to possess in quite the same degree as we do namely, a feeling of almost childish injury and resentment unless the world as a whole recognizes how innocent we are of anything but the most generous and harmless intentions
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It is impossible to be a cynic if you live a good deal with young people. Fundamentally, every young person has a feeling that the future is going to hold something of value.
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I think that if the atomic bomb did nothing more, it scared the people to the point where they realized that either they must do something about preventing war or there is a chance that there might be a morning when we would not wake up.
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I shall either find a way, or make one (attributed)
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If human beings can be trained for cruelty and greed and a belief in power which comes through hate and fear and force, certainly we can train equally well for greatness and mercy and the power of love which comes because of the strength of the good qualities to be found in the soul of every human being.
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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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My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.
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the term 'young adults' which is so often used today seems to me a misnomer, and one which, if taken seriously, may lead the adolescent into misunderstanding as to his nature and his role in life. 'Young he is 'adult' he is not.
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...conservation of land and conservation of people frequently go hand in hand.
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We will never have peace without friendship around the world.
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No one can move without some leadership.
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What we apparently have failed to grasp is that, in this new world in which we live, the collective hunger of great masses of people, wherever they may be, will affect our long-range welfare, just as though they were our own people.
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The word liberal comes from the word free. We must cherish and honor the word free or it will cease to apply to us.
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How hard it is to project oneself into the future. We are always prone to think of the conditions which are with us today as being permanent conditions.
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Do something everyday that scares you.
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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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You must do the things you think you cannot do.
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Nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says, ‘It can’t be done.’
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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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A guest is really good or bad because of the host or hostess who makes being a guest an easy or a difficult task.
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