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 ROOSEVELTOnly a man’s character is the real criterion of worth.
More Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes
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Your life is your own. You mold it. You make it.
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Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
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Effort: You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
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Do one thing every day that scares you.
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Only I can let you disrepect me!
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When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
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In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves.
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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.
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To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.
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One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes.
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Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.
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A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.
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We gain courage and wisdom from every instance in which we stop to look fear in the face
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You can’t move so fast that you try to change the mores faster than people can accept it.
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In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves.
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