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Other Quotes by Eleanor Roosevelt
- Think as little as possible about yourself and as much as possible about other people.
- One of the best ways of enslaving a people is to keep them from education... The second way of enslaving a people is to suppress…
- We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in the life of mankind. This…
- A trait no other nation seems to possess in quite the same degree as we do namely, a feeling of almost childish injury and resentment…
- The more we simplify our material needs the more we are free to think of other things.
- Caring comes from being able to put yourself in the position of the other person.
- The separation of church and state is extremely important to any of us who holds to the original traditions of our nation. . . .…
- Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product. For what keeps our interest in life and makes us look forward to tomorrow is giving…
- We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.
- I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me 'understand' something, it would be clear to all the other people in the…
- If anyone were to ask me what I want out of life I would say- the opportunity for doing something useful, for in no other…
- Do whatever comes your way to do as well as you can. Think as little as possible about yourself. Think as much as possible about…
- When you know to laugh and when to look upon things as too absurd to take seriously, the other person is ashamed to carry through…
- Love can often be misguided and do as much harm as good, but respect can do only good. It assumes that the other person's stature…
- Will people ever be wise enough to refuse to follow bad leaders or to take away the freedom of other people?
More Other Quotes
- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
- Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other… — Aristotle
- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
- Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so… — Richard Armour