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Ability Is Not Something To Be Saved, Like Money, In The Hope That You Can Draw Interest On It. The Interest Comes From The Spending. Unused Ability, Like Unused Muscles, Will Atrophy. It Is Tragic To Realize That The Majority Of Human Beings, Even The So-called Educated, Call Upon Only The Smallest Fraction Of Their Potential Capacity. They Leave Many Talents Dormant. They Fail To Develop Their Mental Qualities. They Are Almost Unaware Of The Degree Of Energy Upon Which They Might Call To Build A Full And Rewarding Life.
-Eleanor Roosevelt
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Ability Is Not Something

Eleanor Roosevelt
Ability Is Not Something To Be Saved, Like Money, In The Hope That You Can Draw Interest On It. The Interest Comes From The Spending. Unused Ability, Like Unused Muscles, Will Atrophy. It Is Tragic To Realize That The Majority Of Human Beings, Even The So-called Educated, Call Upon Only The Smallest Fraction Of Their Potential Capacity. They Leave Many Talents Dormant. They Fail To Develop Their Mental Qualities. They Are Almost Unaware Of The Degree Of Energy Upon Which They Might Call To Build A Full And Rewarding Life.
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Happiness
Feelings
Important
In Business Courtesy And Efficiency Have A Symbiotic Relationship.
Business
Courtesy
Efficiency
This Is A Strange, Little, Complacent Country [switzerland], In Many Ways A Usa In Miniature But Of Course Nearer The Center Of Disturbance!
Country
Usa
Switzerland
You Never Have A Normal Family Relationship In The White House; It's An Impossible Thing To Have. You Live In A Goldfish Bubble, And You Snatch What You Can For A Personal Life, But You Never Have A Normal, Natural Existence.
White
Impossible Things
House
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.
Life
Blow
Rich Or Poor
If Someone Betrays You Once, It’s Their Fault; If They Betray You Twice, It’s Your Fault.
Inspirational
Betrayed
Faults
I Think It Is Impossible For One Human Being Really To Know Another Without First Knowing And Being At Peace With Himself.
Thinking
Knowing
Being Real
Campaign Behavior For Wives: Always Be On Time. Do As Little Talking As Humanly Possible. Lean Back In The Parade Car So Everybody Can See The President.
Talking
Wife
Car
The More We Simplify Our Material Needs The More We Are Free To Think Of Other Things.
Spiritual
Thinking
Needs
The Destiny Of Human Rights Is In The Hands Of All Our Citizens In All Our Communities.
Destiny
Rights
Hands
I Was Perfectly Certain That I Had Nothing To Offer Of An Individual Nature And That My Only Chance Of Doing My Duty As The Wife Of A Public Official Was To Do Exactly As The Majority Of Women Were Doing.
Wife
Majority
Politics
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.
Effort
Childhood
Decision
It's Your Life-but Only If You Make It So.
Life
Ifs
It Takes Courage To Love, But Pain Through Love Is The Purifying Fire Which Those Who Love Generously Know. We All Know People Who Are So Much Afraid Of Pain That They Shut Themselves Up Like Clams In A Shell And, Giving Out Nothing, Receive Nothing And Therefore Shrink Until Life Is A Mere Living Death.
Love
Life
Inspiring
Once Your Children Are Grown Up And Have Children Of Their Own, The Problems Are Theirs And The Less The Older Generation Interferes The Better.
Children
Generations
Problem
I Have Never Felt That Anything Really Mattered But Knowing That You Stood For The Things In Which You Believed And Had Done The Very Best You Could.
Knowing
Done
Felt
I Never Waste Time Looking Back.
Success
Waste
Wasting Time
There Are Practical Little Things In Housekeeping Which No Man Really Understands.
Men
Littles
Little Things
I'm So Glad I Never Feel Important, It Does Complicate Life!
Life And Love
Honor
Important
First Of My Own Personal Requirements Is Inner Calm. This, I Think, Is An Essential. One Of The Secrets Of Using Your Time Well Is To Gain A Certain Ability To Maintain Peace Within Yourself So That Much Can Go On Around You And You Can Stay Calm Inside.
Thinking
Secret
Stay Calm
All Of Us In This Country Give Lip Service To The Ideals Set Forth In The Bill Of Rights And Emphasized By Every Additional Amendment, And Yet When War Is Stirring In The World, Many Of Us Are Ready To Curtail Our Civil Liberties. We Do Not Stop To Think That Curtailing These Liberties May In The End Bring Us A Greater Danger Than The Danger We Are Trying To Avert.
Country
War
Thinking
This Freedom Of Which Men Speak, For Which They Fight, Seems To Some People A Perilous Thing. It Has To Be Earned At A Bitter Cost And Then — It Has To Be Lived With. For Freedom Makes A Huge Requirement Of Every Human Being. With Freedom Comes Responsibility.
Freedom
Responsibility
Fighting
Franklin's Illness...gave Him Strength And Courage He Had Not Had Before. He Had To Think Out The Fundamentals Of Living And Learn The Greatest Of All Lessons - Infinite Patience And Never Ending Persistence.
Persistence
Thinking
Fundamentals
What One Has To Do Usually Can Be Done.
Encouraging
Work
Political
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.
Power
Men
Expression
It Seems To Me Of Great Importance To Teach Children Respect For Life. Towards This End, Experiments On Living Animals In Classrooms Should Be Stopped. To Encourage Cruelty In The Name Of Science Can Only Destroy The Finer Emotions Of Affection And Sympathy, And Breed An Unfeeling Callousness In The Young Towards Suffering In All Living Creatures.
Respect
Nature
Children
We Are Afraid To Care Too Much, For Fear That The Other Person Does Not Care At All.
Inspirational
Life
Relationship
The Basis Of World Peace Is The Teaching Which Runs Through Almost All The Great Religions Of The World. Love Thy Neighbor As Thyself.
Love
Running
Peace
The Important Thing Is Neither Your Nationality Nor The Religion You Professed, But How Your Faith Translated Itself In Your Life.
Religion
Important
Important Things
We Must Know What We Think And Speak Out, Even At The Risk Of Unpopularity.
Thinking
Speaks Out
Risk
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 Is Own Weight, This Is A Frightening Prospect.
Growing Up
Freedom
4th Of July
One Of The First Things We Must Get Rid Of Is The Idea That Democracy Is Tantamount To Capitalism.
Ideas
Democracy
Firsts
Do One Thing Everyday That Scares You. Those Small Things That Make Us Uncomfortable Help Us Build Courage To Do The Work We Do.
Everyday
Scare
Helping
Work Is Always An Antidote To Depression.
Inspirational
Depression
Antidote
The American Dream Can No More Remain Static Than Can The American Nation.... We Cannot Any Longer Take An Old Approach To World Problems. They Aren't The Same Problems. It Isn't The Same World. We Must Not Adopt The Methods Of Our Ancestors; Instead, We Must Emulate That Pioneer Quality In Our Ancestors That Made Them Attempt New Methods For A New World.
Dream
America
Quality
It Is Impossible To Be A Cynic If You Live A Good Deal With Young People. Fundamentally, Every Young Person Has A Feeling That The Future Is Going To Hold Something Of Value.
People
Feelings
Impossible
How Can We Be Such Fools As To Go On Senselessly Taking Human Life In This Way? Why The Women In Every Nation Do Not Rise Up And Refuse To Bring Children Into A World Of This Kind Is Beyond My Understanding.
Children
Understanding
Goes On
It Is Always Disagreeable To Take Stands. It Is Always Easier To Compromise, Always Easier To Let Things Go. To Many Women, And I Am One Of Them, It Is Extraordinarily Difficult To Care About Anything Enough To Cause Disagreement Or Unpleasant Feelings, But I Have Come To The Conclusion That This Must Be Done For A Time Until We Can Prove Our Strength And Demand Respect For Our Wishes. We Cannot Even Be Of Real Service In The Coming Campaign And Speak As A United Body Of Women Unless We Have The Respect Of Men And Show That When We Express A Wish, We Are Willing To Stand By It.
Real
Men
Feelings
One's Philosophy Is Not Best Expressed In Words; It Is Expressed In The Choices One Makes. In Stopping To Think Through The Meaning Of What I Have Learned, There Is Much That I Believe Intensely, Much I Am Unsure Of. 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.
Running
Philosophy
Believe
Basically We Could Not Have Peace, Or An Atmosphere In Which Peace Could Grow, Unless We Recognized The Rights Of Individual Human Beings... Their Importance, Their Dignity... And Agreed That Was The Basic Thing That Had To Be Accepted Throughout The World.
Acceptance
Rights
Atmosphere
Understanding Quotes: Their Essence and Application

Quotes, or quotations, are powerful tools in communication, encapsulating ideas, emotions, and wisdom in concise expressions. They serve various purposes across different contexts, from academic writing to everyday conversation.

1. Defining Quotes

A quote is a repetition of someone else's statement or thoughts. It can be a direct replication of words spoken or written by another individual, often used to support arguments, provide evidence, or convey profound insights.


2. The Importance of Quotes

2.1. Enhancing Credibility

Incorporating quotes from authoritative sources can bolster the credibility of your work. By referencing experts or primary sources, you demonstrate thorough research and a solid foundation for your arguments.


2.2. Providing Evidence

Quotes serve as concrete evidence to support claims. In academic and professional writing, they validate points made, offering readers a basis to trust the information presented.


2.3. Conveying Emotions and Perspectives

Quotes can encapsulate emotions and perspectives succinctly. They allow writers to express complex feelings or viewpoints through the words of others, often more eloquently than paraphrasing.


3. Types of Quotes

3.1. Direct Quotes

Direct quotes involve copying the exact words from a source, enclosed in quotation marks. They are used when the original wording is significant or particularly well-expressed.


3.2. Indirect Quotes (Paraphrasing)

Indirect quotes restate the original message in your own words. While not enclosed in quotation marks, they still require proper attribution to the original source.


3.3. Block Quotes

Block quotes are lengthy direct quotations, formatted as a separate block of text. They are typically used for quotes exceeding a certain length, varying by citation style. For instance, in APA style, quotes longer than 40 words are formatted as block quotes.



4. Proper Usage of Quotes


4.1. Contextual Relevance

Ensure that the quote you choose is relevant to the topic and adds value to your content. Avoid inserting quotes solely for decorative purposes.


4.2. Integration into Your Writing

Seamlessly integrate quotes into your writing. Introduce them appropriately and follow up with analysis or commentary to connect them to your main points.


4.3. Attribution and Citation

Always attribute quotes to their original authors and provide proper citations according to the required style guide (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.).


5. Common Mistakes to Avoid


5.1. Overusing Quotes

Relying too heavily on quotes can overshadow your voice. Use them sparingly to support your arguments, not replace them.


5.2. Lack of Analysis

Presenting a quote without analysis or explanation can leave readers questioning its relevance. Always follow up with your interpretation or discussion.


5.3. Misquoting or Taking Out of Context

Ensure that quotes are accurate and not taken out of context, as this can mislead readers and undermine your credibility.



6. Quotes in Different Contexts


6.1. Academic Writing

In academic writing, quotes are used to support arguments, provide evidence, and engage with existing literature. Proper citation is crucial to avoid plagiarism.


6.2. Journalism

Journalists use quotes to provide firsthand accounts, add authenticity, and present multiple perspectives within a story.


6.3. Literature and Creative Writing

In literature, quotes can be used to convey character voices, themes, and stylistic elements. They enrich narratives and provide depth to storytelling.



7. Punctuation and Formatting


Understanding the correct punctuation and formatting of quotes is essential:


Quotation Marks: Always enclose direct quotes within quotation marks.


Punctuation Placement: In American English, periods and commas are placed inside quotation marks, while colons and semicolons are placed outside.


Block Quotes: For longer quotes, format them as block quotes without quotation marks, and indent the entire block.



8. Ethical Considerations


Ethical use of quotes involves accurate representation, proper attribution, and respect for intellectual property. Misuse can lead to plagiarism, which carries serious academic and professional consequences.

9. Tools for Managing Quotes


Utilize tools like citation generators and plagiarism checkers to manage quotes effectively. These tools help ensure proper formatting and originality in your writing.



Conclusion


Quotes are invaluable in enriching content, providing evidence, and conveying complex ideas succinctly. When used appropriately, they enhance the quality and credibility of your writing. Always ensure relevance, proper integration, and ethical usage to maximize their impact.


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