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“Human resources are the most valuable assets the world has. They are all needed desperately.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt Primary source“Example is the best lesson there is.”
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“Wish not so much to live long as to live well.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt Disputed“This is a hell of a dull talk,” Brett said. “How about some of that champagne?”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“He that is rich need not live sparingly, and he that can live sparingly, need not be rich.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary sourceTogetherness Understanding Speaking