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A trait no other nation seems to possess in quite the same degree that 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.

Eleanor Roosevelt

United States of America
2

All human beings have failings, all human beings have needs and temptations and stresses. Men and women who live together through long years get to know one another's failings; but they also come to know what is worthy of respect and admiration in those they live with and in themselves. If at the end one can say, This man used to the limit the powers that God granted him; he was worthy of love and respect and of the sacrifices of many people, made in order that he might achieve what he deemed to be his task, then that life has been lived well and there are no regrets.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Failure
3

Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Democracy, Education
4

Do what you feel in your heart to be right. You'll be criticized anyway.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Critics and Criticism
5

Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Friends and Friendship
6

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Gossip
7

Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Happiness
8

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experience behind him.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Fear
9

I have spent many years of my life in opposition and I like the role.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Opposition
10

I think somehow we learn who we really are and then we live with that decision.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Self
11

I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Curiosity
12

If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Life and Living
13

If we want a free and peaceful world, if we want to make the deserts bloom and man grow to greater dignity as a human being-we can do it.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Peace
14

It is equality of monotony which makes the strength of the British Isles.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Nation
15

It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Character
16

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.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Belief
17

It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Planning
18

Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Life and Living
19

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Life and Living
20

Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Assertiveness
21

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Inferiority
22

One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. 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

Choice
23

Perhaps in His wisdom the Almighty is trying to show us that a leader may chart the way, may point out the road to lasting peace, but that many leaders and many peoples must do the building.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Leaders and Leadership
24

Perhaps nature is our best assurance of immortality.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Immortality
25

Somewhere along the line of development we discover what we really are, and then we make our real decision for which we are responsible. Make that decision primarily for yourself because you can never really live anyone else's life, not even your own child's.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Decisions
26

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Dream
27

The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experiences.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Life and Living
28

The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Books and Reading
29

Understanding is a two-way street.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Understanding
30

What one has to do usually can be done.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Necessity
31

When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Work
32

Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to homeso close and so small that they cannot be seen on any map of the world. Yet they are the world of the individual person: the neighborhood he lives in; the school or college he attends; the factory, farm or office where he works. Such are the places where every man, woman and child seeks equal justice, equal opportunity, equal dignity without discrimination. Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerted citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Uncategorised
33

You always admire what you really don't understand.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Admiration
34

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by each experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ?I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.? You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Fear
35

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Effort
36

You must do the thing that you think you cannot do.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Impossibility

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A trait no other nation seems to possess in quite the same degree that 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.

Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right. You'll be criticized anyway.

Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product.

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experience behind him.

I have spent many years of my life in opposition and I like the role.

I think somehow we learn who we really are and then we live with that decision.

I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.

If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.

If we want a free and peaceful world, if we want to make the deserts bloom and man grow to greater dignity as a human being-we can do it.

It is equality of monotony which makes the strength of the British Isles.

It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.

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.

It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.

Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes.

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.

One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. 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.

Perhaps in His wisdom the Almighty is trying to show us that a leader may chart the way, may point out the road to lasting peace, but that many leaders and many peoples must do the building.

Perhaps nature is our best assurance of immortality.

Somewhere along the line of development we discover what we really are, and then we make our real decision for which we are responsible. Make that decision primarily for yourself because you can never really live anyone else's life, not even your own child's.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experiences.

The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.

Understanding is a two-way street.

What one has to do usually can be done.

When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by each experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ?I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.? You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.

You must do the thing that you think you cannot do.