Eleanor Roosevelt

The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

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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. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

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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. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

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If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

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Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

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Hate and force cannot be in just a part of the world without having an effect on the rest of it. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

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As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

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Understanding is a two-way street. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

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Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

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I can not believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

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