Famous quotes

Collection of the best phrases and famous quotes from the most prominent authors.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt

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It is not enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it and work to achieve it.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt

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You must do the things you think you cannot do.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt

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Life is meant to be lived. Curiosity must be kept alive. One should never, under any circumstances, turn one's back on life.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell them 'Certainly, I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Democratic aspiration is not just a recent phase in human history. It is human history.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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It is common sense to choose a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Men are not prisoners of fate, but prisoners of their own mind.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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The money that one has is an instrument of freedom, the money that one seeks is an instrument of servitude.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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My greatest misfortune has always been not being able to resist flattery.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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I prefer to be a man of paradoxes than a man of prejudices.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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There is no such complete subjection as that which retains the appearances of freedom, for thus is freedom itself captive.