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Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. Eleanor Roosevelt

Great People Events Small Minds Minds Great Minds Small Ideas Discuss Average

You must do the things you think you cannot do. Eleanor Roosevelt

Inspirational You Think Must Cannot Things

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Eleanor Roosevelt

Future Dreams Beauty Believe Those Who Belongs

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' Eleanor Roosevelt

Strength You Confidence Courage Experience Yourself Fear Face Every Say Able Horror Through Take Along Look Stop Gain Which Really Next Next Thing Lived Thing

At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent. Barbara Bush

Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people - your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way. Barbara Bush

Success Family You People Treat Will Important Lose Strangers Other Meet Way Sight Fact Never Along Most How Yardstick Friends Coworkers The Most Important Your Even

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt

You No-One Feel Make Without Inferior Your Consent

We learned about honesty and integrity - that the truth matters... that you don't take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules... and success doesn't count unless you earn it fair and square. Michelle Obama

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

Relationship Fear Care Too Much Too Other Does Person Afraid Much

Let's be very clear: Strong men - men who are truly role models - don't need to put down women to make themselves feel powerful. People who are truly strong lift others up. People who are truly powerful bring others together. Michelle Obama

Together Women People Strong Men Down Others Strong Men Lift Put Clear Feel Powerful Powerful People Make Truly Up Very Role Role Models Models Themselves Who Bring Need

You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world's problems at once but don't ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own. Michelle Obama

Life Hope History You Courage World Problems Will Own Once Solve Able Take Contagious Underestimate Importance Comfortable Because Comfortable Life Always May Us Shown Ever

Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't. Eleanor Roosevelt

You Heart Criticized Feel Anyway Your Right

You should never view your challenges as a disadvantage. Instead, it's important for you to understand that your experience facing and overcoming adversity is actually one of your biggest advantages. Michelle Obama

Adversity You Challenges Experience Important Facing Disadvantage Never Instead Advantages Overcoming Understand Biggest Should View Your Actually

You have to stay in school. You have to. You have to go to college. You have to get your degree. Because that's the one thing people can't take away from you is your education. And it is worth the investment. Michelle Obama

Education You People Worth School Degree College One Thing Stay Take Investment Because Go Get The One Thing Your Away Thing

Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the president's spouse. I wish him well! Barbara Bush

In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility. Eleanor Roosevelt

Responsibility Long Own Our Our Lives Ourselves Run Shape Long Run Never Until Make Ultimately Die Ends Process Choices Lives

If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities. Barbara Bush

Problems Thrive Unlimited Possessing Weaknesses Perceived Rather Instead Dull Than Human Human Beings Capabilities Then Beings Grow Strengths

I want to live my life, not record it. Jackie Kennedy

Life My Life Live Record Want

Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both. Eleanor Roosevelt

Alone Justice Side Must Both Cannot

We learned about gratitude and humility - that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean... and we were taught to value everyone's contribution and treat everyone with respect. Michelle Obama

Success Gratitude Respect People Treat School Value Humility Everyone Our About Clean Inspired Had Learned Were Hand Contribution So Many People Taught Us Teachers Who Many Kept

I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall. Eleanor Roosevelt

Good Me Rose Once Pleased Fine Had Catalogue Named Read Bed Up Very Wall After Flattered Against Description

One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don't invest any energy in them, because I know who I am. Michelle Obama

You Yourself Goals Negative Distract Somebody Energy Else Says Stay Stay True About Attacks Invest Never True Know Because Always Am Hear False Up Any Grew Them Really Your Who Lessons

I've seen firsthand that being president doesn't change who you are. It reveals who you are. Michelle Obama

You Change Seen President Reveals Firsthand Being Who

I have learned that as long as I hold fast to my beliefs and values - and follow my own moral compass - then the only expectations I need to live up to are my own. Michelle Obama

Values Long Own Live Moral Moral Compass Follow My Own Only Learned Up Expectations Hold Then Beliefs Compass Fast Need

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