A THREAD on timeless thoughtful ideas by Eleanor Roosevelt:
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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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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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Learn from the mistakes of others.
You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.
Learn from the mistakes of others.
You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.
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Never mistake knowledge for wisdom.
One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom.
One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
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Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.
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To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.
To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.
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You have to accept whatever comes, and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.
You have to accept whatever comes, and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.
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Life is what you make it.
Always has been, always will be.
You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude.
Life is what you make it.
Always has been, always will be.
You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude.
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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
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Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
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Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one.
You cannot make any useful contribution in life unless you do this.
Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one.
You cannot make any useful contribution in life unless you do this.
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I am convinced that every effort must be made in childhood to teach the young to use their own minds.
For one thing is sure: If they don't make up their minds, someone will do it for them.
I am convinced that every effort must be made in childhood to teach the young to use their own minds.
For one thing is sure: If they don't make up their minds, someone will do it for them.
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Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart.
Don't be concerned about whether people are watching you or criticizing you.
The chances are that they aren't paying any attention to you.
Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart.
Don't be concerned about whether people are watching you or criticizing you.
The chances are that they aren't paying any attention to you.
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Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure.
You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence.
Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure.
You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence.
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The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.
The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.
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One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests.
They come to you.
When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.
One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests.
They come to you.
When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.
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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
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A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.
A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.
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People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously.
This is how character is built.
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously.
This is how character is built.
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