As quoted in Peter's Quotations : Ideas for Our Time (1972) by Laurence J. Peter, p. 5

I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

What It Means

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Eleanor Roosevelt

About Eleanor Roosevelt

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (11 October 1884 – 7 November 1962) was an American political figure, diplomat, social activist. and first lady (as the wife of US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt).