Character building begins in infancy and continues throughout life. Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength. Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, for they are who you are. When someone tells you who they are, believe them the first time.

“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”  Eleanor Roosevelt

To Lady Eleanor’s words, I will add, “Even a smaller mind denigrates people rather than build bridges.”

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was an American political figure, diplomat, and activist. She was the longest-serving First Lady of the United States, serving during her husband, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s, four terms as President from 1933 to 1945. Through her travels, public engagement, and advocacy, she essentially redefined the role. Widowed in 1945, she served as a United States delegate to the United Nations General Assembly from 1945 to 1952, and took a leading role in designing the text and gaining international support for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In 1948, she received a standing ovation from the assembly upon the adoption of the declaration. President Harry S. Truman later referred to her as the “First Lady of the World” in tribute to her human rights achievements.

I share in the quest for Unity and Understanding, the us, which is the U and the S, the United States, fact-checking what I share through my accumulated library for the love of life and the love of people.