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Before we can make friends with anyone else, we must first make friends with ourselves.

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
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The basis of world peace is the teaching which runs through almost all the great religions of the world. Love thy neighbor as thyself.
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No human being can ever 'own' another, whether in friendship, love, marriage, or parenthood.
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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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On the whole our armed services have been doing pretty well in the way of keeping us defended, but I hope our State Department will remember that it is really the department of achieving peace.
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The mobilization of world opinion and methods of negotiation should be developed and used by every nation in order to strengthen the United Nations.
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Anyone who thinks must think of the next war as they would of suicide.
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A great deal of fear is a result of just “not knowing.” We do not know what is involved in a new situation. We do not know whether we can deal with it. The sooner we learn what it entails, the sooner we can dissolve our fear.
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Poor minds talk about people average minds talk about events great minds talk about ideas
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I am convinced that every effort must be made in childhood to teach the young to use their own minds. For one thing is sure: If they don't make up their minds, someone will do it for them.
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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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Do one thing every day that scares you.
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No man is defeated without until he has first been defeated within.
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Do one thing everyday that scares you. Those small things that make us uncomfortable help us build courage to do the work we do.
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No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.
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If you have any interests you can gain a wider audience for those interests while the goldfish bowl is yours!
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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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experience should teach us that it is always the unexpected that does occur.
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It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know.
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