“Do what you feel in your heart to be right—for you’ll be criticized anyway. You’ll be damned if you do, and damned if you don’t.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
This quote is commonly attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt, but I have not been able to locate a primary source. Use with caution in academic or professional contexts.
“There never has been security. No man has ever known what he would meet around the next corner; if life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt Primary source“If the use of leisure time is confined to looking at TV for a few extra hours every day, we will deteriorate as a people.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt Primary source“The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt Primary source“Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.”
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“If you have time don’t wait for time.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“You don’t need to take the last dollar.”
— Charlie Munger Primary source“Eat few suppers, and you’ll need few medicines.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Love your neighbor; yet don’t pull down your hedge.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source