You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.

Eleanor Roosevelt · From the same pages as "You must do the thing you think you cannot do."

Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product.

Eleanor Roosevelt · From the chapter "Learning to Be Useful" in her last book, written at 76.

You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

Eleanor Roosevelt

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I have also decided to stick with love, for I know that love is ultimately the only answer to mankind's problems.

Martin Luther King Jr. · From his last presidential address to the SCLC, Atlanta, 16 August 1967; the popular "I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear" splices this with a line a few sentences later, "hate is too great a burden to bear. I have decided to love."

Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.

Attributed to Maya Angelou · Her most shared line on love, but no book, speech or interview has been found for it; quote collectors list it as "original not located".

I would rather walk with a friend in the dark than walk alone in the light.

Helen Keller · Her answer on the vaudeville circuit in the early 1920s when an audience member asked whether she wanted her sight more than anything else in the world.

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“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.”

“Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product.”

“You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”

“I have also decided to stick with love, for I know that love is ultimately the only answer to mankind's problems.”

“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.”

“I would rather walk with a friend in the dark than walk alone in the light.”