I have always seen life ...

I have always seen life personally; my interest or sympathy or indignation is not aroused by an abstract cause but by the plight of a single person...Out of my response to an individual develops an awareness of a problem to the community, then to the country, then to the world.
I have always seen life personally; my interest or sympathy or indignation is not aroused by an abstract cause but by the plight of a single person...Out of my response to an individual develops an awareness of a problem to the community, then to the country, then to the world.
 Eleanor Roosevelt

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One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.
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Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.
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Friendship with oneself is all important because without it one cannot be friends with anybody else in the world.
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With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.
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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
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