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Eleanor Roosevelt

from "Americans Who Tell the Truth"
from "Better World"
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                                                   FAVORITE QUOTATIONS

"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 should be curiosity."

"It is better to light one small candle than curse the darkness."

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

"When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die."

"You must do the things you think you cannot do."

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

"Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself."

“Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.”

“Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.”

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

"If I feel depressed, I go to work."