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.
“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“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“Example is the best lesson there is.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt Primary source“This is a time for action—not for war, but for mobilization of every bit of peace machinery.”
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“It was for beauty that the world was made.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt Disputed“You may be too cunning for one, but not for all.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“For what are we born if not to aid one another?”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source