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Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.

~Eleanor Roosevelt

Topics: Character Criterion Man Only Real Worth

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Perhaps nature is our best assurance of immortality.

~Eleanor Roosevelt

Topics: Assurance Best Immortality Nature Our Perhaps

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Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

~Eleanor Roosevelt

Topics: Anyone Anyone Else Because Cannot Else Friends Friendship Important Self Without World

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You can never really live anyone else's life, not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you've become yourself.

~Eleanor Roosevelt

Topics: Anyone Become Child Else Even Exert Influence Life Live Never Own Really Through You Your Yourself

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Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect.

~Eleanor Roosevelt

Topics: Being Carry Does Every Freedom Frightening Grow Grow Up His Huge Human Human Being Makes Own Person Prospect Requirement Responsibility Unwilling Up Want Weight Who

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A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think.

~Eleanor Roosevelt

Topics: Be The First First First Step Little Living Rational Simplification Step Think Toward Would I Think

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There are practical little things in housekeeping which no man really understands.

~Eleanor Roosevelt

Topics: Housekeeping Little Little Things Man Practical Really Things Understands Which

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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.

~Eleanor Roosevelt

Topics: Aside Bodies Decisions Dominated Expression Form Given Great Made Men Offer Often Originated Special Them Too Up Value Whatever Wholly Without Women

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You can't move so fast that you try to change the mores faster than people can accept it. That doesn't mean you do nothing, but it means that you do the things that need to be done according to priority.

~Eleanor Roosevelt

Topics: Accept According Change Done Fast Faster Mean Means Move Need Nothing People Priority Than Things Try You

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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.

~Eleanor Roosevelt

Topics: Beware Blows Come Easy Everyone Later Life May Meet Must Poor Ready Rich Sooner Sooner Or Later Too Us Which

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: First Lady

Born: October 11th, 1884

Died: November 7th, 1962

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