In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELTWhen you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
More Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes
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Love can often be misguided and do as much harm as good, but respect can do only good.
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You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
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We do not have to become heroes overnight.
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It seems to me of great importance to teach children respect for life.
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We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.
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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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In all our contacts it is probably the sense of being really needed and wanted which gives us the greatest satisfaction and creates the most lasting bond.
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A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.
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When it’s better for everyone, it’s better for everyone.
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Understanding is a two-way street.
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If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault; if they betray you twice, it’s your fault.
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Happiness is not a goal, it’s a by-product of a life well lived.
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What could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail?
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Don’t be concerned about whether people are watching you or criticizing you.
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Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.
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Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes.
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I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.
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I cannot go to bed tonight without a word to you.
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You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
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When you stop learning you stop living in any vital and meaningful sense.
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What you don’t do can be a destructive force.
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All of life is a constant education.
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You can not live at all if you do not learn to adapt yourself to your life as it happens to be.
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Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual you have an obligation to be one.
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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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