“I can not believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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If life were predictable it would cease
“If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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People grow through experience if they meet
“People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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We are afraid to care too much,
“We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss
“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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Probably the happiest period in life most
“Probably the happiest period in life most frequently is in middle age, when the eager passions of youth are cooled, and the infirmities of age not yet begun; as we see that the shadows, which are at morning and evening so large, almost entirely disappear at midday.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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Happiness is not a goal; it is
“Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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Friendship with ones self is all important,
“Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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My experience has been that work is
“My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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Justice cannot be for one side alone,
“Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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Anyone who knows history, particularly the history
“Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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