“We have to face the fact that either all of us are going to die together or we are going to learn to live together and if we are to live together we have to talk.”
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“Example is the best lesson there is.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt Primary source“It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.”
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“You only live twice:
Once when you’re born,
Once when you look death in the face.”
“Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.”
— Arnold J. Toynbee Disputed“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”
— Helen Keller Disputed“He that is rich need not live sparingly, and he that can live sparingly, need not be rich.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary sourceTogetherness Understanding Speaking