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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

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ELEANOR ROOSEVELT I have never felt that anything really mattered by the satisfaction of knowing that you stood for th...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT At any age it does us no harm to look over our past shortcomings and plan to improve our characters ...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT One of the best ways of enslaving a people is to keep them from education... The second way of ensla...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT At all times, day by day, we have to continue fighting for freedom of religion, freedom of speech, a...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT One of the blessings of age is to learn not to part on a note of sharpness, to treasure the moments ...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT My life can be so arranged that I can live on whatever I have. If I cannot live as I have lived in t...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Long ago, I made up my mind that when things were said involving only me, I would pay no attention t...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT To some of us, hunger was more academic than real, but we must try to develop the ability to feel th...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT One should always sleep in all of one's guest beds, to make sure that they are comfortable.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT This living in a democracy is a problem, isn't it?
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT It is our freedom to progress that makes us all want to live and to go on.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT I have learned long ago to possess my soul in patience and accept the inevitable.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT I think we ought to impress on both our girls and boys that successful marriages require just as muc...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT A milestone passed, new things begun, dreams as shining as the sun, a goal achieved, a victory won! ...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, But beautiful old people are works of art
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest ...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT It is neither unusual nor new for me to have Negro friends, nor is it unusual for me to have found m...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Believe in yourself. You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you sto...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Friendship with oneself is all important because without it one cannot be friends with anybody else ...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the pe...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and ...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Do one thing everyday that scares you.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT For instance, it is certain that women do not want a woman for President. Nor would they have the sl...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT The freedom of man, I contend, is the freedom to eat
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Those of us who believe in the right of any human being to belong to whatever church he sees fit, an...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT I think if the people of this country can be reached with the truth, their judgment will be in favor...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT The motivating force of the theory of a Democratic way of life is still a belief that as individuals...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Every woman who fails in a public position confirms this, but every woman who succeeds creates confi...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT When all is said and done, and statesmen discuss the future of the world, the fact remains that peop...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT You can't move so fast that you try to change the mores faster than people can accept it. That doesn...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT I could not, at any age, be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT «Vous devez faire les choses que vous vous croyez incapable de faire.»
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." - Eleanor Roosevelt.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT My father would pick me up and hold me high in the air. He dominated my life as long as he lived, an...
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