A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELTI could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.
More Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes
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Nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says, It can’t be done.
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Never be bored, and you will never be boring.
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The person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect.
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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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Today is the oldest you’ve ever been, and the youngest you’ll ever be again.
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Your life is your own. You mold it. You make it.
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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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Understanding is a two-way street.
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We do not have to become heroes overnight.
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Anyone who thinks must think of the next war as they would of suicide.
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He who learns but does not think is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.
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Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure.
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The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.
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When it’s better for everyone, it’s better for everyone.
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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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