Eleanor Roosevelt

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Eleanor Roosevelt

Born: October 11, 1884

Died: November 7, 1962

Nationality: American

Occupation: First Lady, politician

Biography: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was the First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945. She supported the New Deal policies of her husband, distant cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and became an advocate for civil rights. After her husband's death in 1945, Roosevelt continued to be an international author, speaker, politician, and activist for the New Deal coalition.

Eleanor Roosevelt

“The kind of man who thinks that helping with the dishes is beneath him will also think that helping with the baby is beneath him, and then he certainly is not going to be a very successful father.”

- Eleanor Roosevelt

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“Spiritual leadership should remain spiritual leadership and the temporal power should not become too important in any church.”

- Eleanor Roosevelt

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“The economy of communism is an economy which grows in an atmosphere of misery and want.”

- Eleanor Roosevelt

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“Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.”

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“What one has to do usually can be done.”

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“Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes.”

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“Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.”

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“I'm so glad I never feel important, it does complicate life!”

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“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.”

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“Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.”

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“It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.”

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

- Eleanor Roosevelt

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“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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“Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.”

- Eleanor Roosevelt

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