Effort: You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELTWhen will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
More Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes
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Great minds talk about ideas; small minds talk about people.
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Nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says, It can’t be done.
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Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
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Today is the oldest you’ve ever been, and the youngest you’ll ever be again.
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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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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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In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves.
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We are the sum total of all the choices we have made.
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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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You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
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Don’t call a woman a bitch. Call her an ass-hole. It still gets your point across and it’s not sexist.
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If you fail the first time then you’ll just have to try harder the second time.
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Character building begins in our infancy and continues until death.
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The person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect.
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The most unhappy people in the world are those who face the days without knowing what to do with their time.
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