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To Handle Yourself, Use Your Head; To Handle Others, Use Your Heart. Anger Is Only One Letter Short Of Danger. If Someone Betrays You Once, It Is His Fault; If He Betrays You Twice, It Is Your Fault. Great Minds Discuss Ideas; Average Minds Discuss Events; Small Minds Discuss People. He Who Loses Money, Loses Much; He Who Loses A Friend, Loses Much More; He Who Loses Faith, Loses All.

-Eleanor Roosevelt

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To Handle Yourself, Use

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To Handle Yourself, Use Your Head; To Handle Others, Use Your Heart. Anger Is Only One Letter Short Of Danger. If Someone Betrays You Once, It Is His Fault; If He Betrays You Twice, It Is Your Fault. Great Minds Discuss Ideas; Average Minds Discuss Events; Small Minds Discuss People. He Who Loses Money, Loses Much; He Who Loses A Friend, Loses Much More; He Who Loses Faith, Loses All.

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Do Not Be Afraid Of Mistakes, Provided You Do Not Make The Same One Twice.

It Is Always Easier To Do Nothing Than To Try A New Line Of Action.

Do The Things That Interest You And Do Them With All Your Heart.

Justice Cannot Be For One Side Alone, But Must Be For Both.

The Future Is Literally In Our Hands To Mold As We Like. But We Cannot Wait Until Tomorrow. Tomorrow Is Now.

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.

I Have Learned Long Ago To Possess My Soul In Patience And Accept The Inevitable.

I Have Never Believed That War Settled Anything Satisfactorily, But I Am Not Entirely Sure That Some Times There Are Certain Situations In The World Such As We Have In Actuality When A Country Is Worse Off When It Does Not Go To War For Its Principles Than If It Went To War.

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You Gain Strength, Courage, And Confidence By Every Experience In Which You Really Stop To Look Fear In The Face.... The Danger Lies In Refusing To Face The Fear, In Not Daring To Come To Grips With It. If You Fail Anywhere Along The Line It Will Take Away Your Confidence. You Must Make Yourself Succeed Every Time. You Must Do The Thing You Think You Cannot Do.

We Need Emotional Outlets In This Country, And The More Artistic People We Develop The Better It Will Be For Us As A Nation.

If You Have Any Interests You Can Gain A Wider Audience For Those Interests While The Goldfish Bowl Is Yours!

To Be A Citizen In A Democracy, A Human Being Must Be Given A Healthy Start.

Today Is The Oldest You've Ever Been, And The Youngest You'll Ever Be Again.

I Have Always Felt That It Was Important That Everyone Who Was A Worker Join A Labor Organization.

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Feelings, Too, Are Facts. Emotion Is A Fact. Human Experience Is A Fact. It Is Often Possible To Gain More Real Insight Into Human Beings And Their Motivation By Reading Great Fiction Than By Personal Acquaintance.

The Separation Of Church And State Is Extremely Important To Any Of Us Who Holds To The Original Traditions Of Our Nation. . . . To Change These Traditions . . . Would Be Harmful To Our Whole Attitude Of Tolerance In The Religious Area. If We Look At Situations Which Have Arisen In The Past In Europe And Other World Areas, I Think We Will See The Reason Why It Is Wise To Hold To Our Early Traditions.

Each Generation Supposes That The World Was Simpler For The One Before It.

You'll Be "damned If You Do, And Damned If You Don't."

If Man Is To Be Liberated To Enjoy More Leisure, He Must Also Be Prepared To Enjoy This Leisure Fully And Creatively.

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Most Women, I Think, Though They May Complain A Little About This, Would Agree That Meeting The Needs Of Others Is Not A Real Burden; It Is What Makes Life Worth Living. It Is Probably The Deepest Satisfaction A Woman Has.

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Get Out Of The Way As Quickly As You're Not Needed.

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The Purpose Of Life Afterall Is To Live It.

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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.

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Nothing We Learn In This World Is Ever Wasted.

It's Your Life-but Only If You Make It So.

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Great Minds Discuss Ideas; Average Minds Discuss Events; Small Minds Discuss People.

Never Allow A Person To Tell You No Who Doesn't Have The Power To Say Yes.

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No One Can Insult You Without Your Permission.

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Unbreakable Bonds

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If You Must Compromise, Compromise Up.

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The Family Is The Natural And Fundamental Group Unit Of Society And Is Entitled To Protection By Society And The State.

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We Are Afraid To Care Too Much, For Fear That The Other Person Does Not Care At All.

We Stand Today At The Threshold Of A Great Event Both In The Life Of The United Nations And In The Life Of Mankind, That Is The Approval By The General Assembly Of The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights.

Because They Have So Little, Children Must Rely On Imagination Rather Than Experience.

Do One Thing Every Day That Scares You.

I Think It Is Impossible For One Human Being Really To Know Another Without First Knowing And Being At Peace With Himself.

At All Times, Day By Day, We Have To Continue Fighting For Freedom Of Religion, Freedom Of Speech, And Freedom From Want... For These Are Things That Must Be Gained In Peace As Well As In War.

If You Have To Compromise, Be Sure To Compromise Up.

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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. It's Your Attention To Yourself That Is So Stultifying. But You Have To Disregard Yourself As Completely As Possible. If You Fail The First Time Then You'll Just Have To Try Harder The Second Time. After All, There's No Real Reason Why You Should Fail. Just Stop Thinking About Yourself.

In Business Courtesy And Efficiency Have A Symbiotic Relationship.

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No Man Is Defeated Without Until He Has First Been Defeated Within.

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Every Day Do Something That Frightens You.

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Remember Always That You Have Not Only The Right To Be An Individual; You Have An Obligation To Be One.

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Work Is Always An Antidote To Depression.

It Is Today That We Create The World Of The Future.

It Is Better To Light A Candle Than Curse The Darkness.

The Hard Part Of Loving Is That One Has To Learn So Often To Let Go Of Those We Love, So They Can Do Things, So They Can Grow, So They Can Return To Us With An Even Richer, Deeper Love.

The Bible Illustrated By Dore Occupied Many Of My Hours - And I Think Probably Gave Me Many Nightmares.

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