Your ambition should be to get as much life out of living as you possibly can, as much enjoyment, as much interest, as much experience, as much understanding. Not simply be what is generally called a ‘success.’ —Eleanor Roosevelt
“Your ambition should be to get as much life out of living as you possibly can, as much enjoyment, as much interest, as much experience, as much understanding. Not simply be what is generally called a ‘success.’”

Eleanor Roosevelt U.S. First Lady, diplomat, human rights activist

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Mariana Miller-D'Alessandro from Bronx, New York NOVEMBER 11, 2021
Wow- Eleanor Roosevelt really states life's true joy and goal -- success is not enough -- she learned from her own experience in DC! love, Mariana

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