"Only a man's character is the real..." - Quote by Eleanor Roosevelt

“About the only value the story of my life may have is to show that one can, even without any particular gifts, overcome obstacles that seem insurmountable if one is willing to face the fact that they must be overcome.”

“What one has to do usually can be done.”

“Education is the cornerstone of liberty.”

“There are three things which the superior man guards against. In youth ... lust. When he is strong ... quarrelsomeness. When he is old ... covetousness.”

“Those who make virtue their profession are the ruin of virtue.”

“What defines us is how well we rise after we fall.”

“Bear in mind that the measure of a man is the worth of the things he cares about.”

“You are not worth the dust which the rude wind Blows in your face.”

“The cheapness of man is every day's tragedy.”