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Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt
Those of us who believe in the right of any human being to belong to whatever church he sees fit, and to worship God in his own way, cannot be accused of prejudice when we do not want to see public education connected with religious control of the schools, which are paid for by taxpayers' money.
Spiritual leadership should remain spiritual leadership and the temporal power should not become too important in any church.
Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people.
This I know. This I believe with all my heart. If we want a free and peaceful world, if we want to make deserts bloom and man to grow to greater dignity as a human being we can do it!
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
We must be willing to learn the lesson that cooperation may imply compromise, but if it brings a world advance it is a gain for each individual nation.
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
Many people will walk in and out of your life but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.
Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
The mind has exactly the same power as the hands: not merely to grasp the world, but to change it.
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
The giving of love is an education in itself.
If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.
Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
Great minds talk about ideas, average minds talk about events, and small minds talk about people.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?