One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.

—Eleanor Roosevelt

About Eleanor Roosevelt

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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt ( EL-in-or ROH-zə-velt; October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962) was an American political figure, diplomat, and activist. She was the longest-serving first lady of the United States, during her husband Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms as president from 1933 to 1945. Through her travels, public engagement,...

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Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

—Eleanor Roosevelt

We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.

—Eleanor Roosevelt

So much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty and greed with all their tragic effects, that too little attention is paid to the passive sins, such as apathy and laziness, which in the long run can have a more devastating and destructive effect upon society than the others.

—Eleanor Roosevelt

The giving of love is an education in itself.

—Eleanor Roosevelt

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It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.

—Eleanor Roosevelt

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