The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELTCharacter building begins in our infancy and continues until death.
More Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes
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When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
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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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Effort: You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
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Today is the oldest you’ve ever been, and the youngest you’ll ever be again.
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In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves.
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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 can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude.
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Courage is exhilarating.
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The person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect.
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We obtain our education at home, at school, and, most important, from life itself.
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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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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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I cannot go to bed tonight without a word to you.
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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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The giving of love is an education in itself.
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