About Eleanor Roosevelt
1884 – 1962
American political figure, diplomat, and activist who served as First Lady from 1933 to 1945. A tireless advocate for human rights, civil rights, and women's empowerment.
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“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
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“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”
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“Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.”
“I steer my bark with Hope in the head, leaving Fear astern.”
“If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it.”
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“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
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“You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?”