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It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
Written by Eleanor Roosevelt
You must do the things you think you cannot do.
Written by Eleanor Roosevelt
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
Written by Eleanor Roosevelt
Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.
Written by Eleanor Roosevelt
Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.
Written by Eleanor Roosevelt
Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.
Written by Eleanor Roosevelt
We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.
Written by Eleanor Roosevelt
The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.
Written by Eleanor Roosevelt
Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.
Written by Eleanor Roosevelt
Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.
Written by Eleanor Roosevelt
Actors are one family over the entire world.
Written by Eleanor Roosevelt
One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.
Written by Eleanor Roosevelt
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
Written by Eleanor Roosevelt
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'
Written by Eleanor Roosevelt
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
Written by Eleanor Roosevelt
A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think.
Written by Eleanor Roosevelt
It is not more vacation we need - it is more vocation.
Written by Eleanor Roosevelt
Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
Written by Eleanor Roosevelt
Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.
Written by Eleanor Roosevelt
The Bible illustrated by Dore occupied many of my hours - and I think probably gave me many nightmares.
Written by Eleanor Roosevelt
There are practical little things in housekeeping which no man really understands.
Written by Eleanor Roosevelt
When life is too easy for us, we must beware or we may not be ready to meet the blows which sooner or later come to everyone, rich or poor.
Written by Eleanor Roosevelt
A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.
Written by Eleanor Roosevelt
Too often the great decisions are originated and given form in bodies made up wholly of men, or so completely dominated by them that whatever of special value women have to offer is shunted aside without expression.
Written by Eleanor Roosevelt
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.
Written by Eleanor Roosevelt
Understanding is a two-way street.
Written by Eleanor Roosevelt
Campaign behavior for wives: Always be on time. Do as little talking as humanly possible. Lean back in the parade car so everybody can see the president.
Written by Eleanor Roosevelt
Hate and force cannot be in just a part of the world without having an effect on the rest of it.
Written by Eleanor Roosevelt
Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little.
Written by Eleanor Roosevelt
The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it.
Written by Eleanor Roosevelt

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