Mostly Angels in the Sky

Sally Cook¹

Family

TMG ID:3001, (10 Jun 1792 - 9 Oct 1863)

Relationships:

3rd cousin 4 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
3rd cousin 7 times removed of Descendant Wagner

Father*

Josiah Cook¹ B: 26 Nov 1746, D: 12 Nov 1817

Mother*

Miriam Shepard¹ B: 4 Jul 1755, D: 6 Jun 1834

Vital Statistics

Born: Sally Cook was born on Sunday, 10 Jun 1792.¹
Died on Friday, 9 Oct 1863 at age 71 years, 3 months and 29 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Sally Cook was the daughter of: Josiah Cook and Miriam Shepard.¹

Citations

[S139] RootsWeb.com, online e-mail address, Sara Kathryn Gredler (Culpeper, VA 22701), updated as of 18 Aug 2000.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Silas Cook¹

Family

TMG ID:3002, (11 Jul 1794 - 1868)

Relationships:

3rd cousin 4 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
3rd cousin 7 times removed of Descendant Wagner

Father*

Josiah Cook¹ B: 26 Nov 1746, D: 12 Nov 1817

Mother*

Miriam Shepard¹ B: 4 Jul 1755, D: 6 Jun 1834

Vital Statistics

Born: Silas Cook was born on Friday, 11 Jul 1794.¹
Died in 1868 at age 73 years.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Silas Cook was the son of: Josiah Cook and Miriam Shepard.¹

Citations

[S139] RootsWeb.com, online e-mail address, Sara Kathryn Gredler (Culpeper, VA 22701), updated as of 18 Aug 2000.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Orange Russell Cook¹

Family

TMG ID:3003, (22 Dec 1796 - )

Relationships:

3rd cousin 4 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
3rd cousin 7 times removed of Descendant Wagner

Father*

Josiah Cook¹ B: 26 Nov 1746, D: 12 Nov 1817

Mother*

Miriam Shepard¹ B: 4 Jul 1755, D: 6 Jun 1834

Vital Statistics

Born: Orange Russell Cook was born on Thursday, 22 Dec 1796.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Orange Russell Cook was the son of: Josiah Cook and Miriam Shepard.¹

Citations

[S139] RootsWeb.com, online e-mail address, Sara Kathryn Gredler (Culpeper, VA 22701), updated as of 18 Aug 2000.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Philander Cook¹

Family

TMG ID:3004, (3 May 1799 - )

Relationships:

3rd cousin 4 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
3rd cousin 7 times removed of Descendant Wagner

Father*

Josiah Cook¹ B: 26 Nov 1746, D: 12 Nov 1817

Mother*

Miriam Shepard¹ B: 4 Jul 1755, D: 6 Jun 1834

Vital Statistics

Born: Philander Cook was born on Friday, 3 May 1799.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Philander Cook was the son of: Josiah Cook and Miriam Shepard.¹

Children of: Philander Cook

Citations

[S139] RootsWeb.com, online e-mail address, Sara Kathryn Gredler (Culpeper, VA 22701), updated as of 18 Aug 2000.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Abigail Boies¹

Family

TMG ID:3005, (20 Jan 1764 - 19 May 1816)

Father*

William Boies¹ B: 1721, D: 9 Jul 1804

Mother*

Mary Hamilton¹

Vital Statistics

Born: Abigail Boies was born on Friday, 20 Jan 1764, at Blandford, Hampshire County, Massachusetts^G.¹
Died on Sunday, 19 May 1816 at Blandford, Hampshire County, Massachusetts^G, at age 52 years, 3 months and 29 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Born: Abigail Boies was born on Friday, 20 Jan 1764, at Westfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts^G.²
She was the daughter of: William Boies and Mary Hamilton.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Thursday, 13 Sep 1781, her married name became Mrs. Shepard (née Boies).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Thursday, 13 Sep 1781, Abigail, age 17 years, 7 months and 24 days, and Jonathan Shepard, age 24 years, 7 months and 7 days, son of: Jonathan Shepard and Miriam Strong, were married at Blandford, Hampshire County, Massachusetts^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Thursday, 13 Sep 1781, Abigail, age 17 years, 7 months and 24 days, and Jonathan Shepard, age 24 years, 7 months and 7 days, son of: Jonathan Shepard and Miriam Strong, were married at Blandford, Hampshire County, Massachusetts^G.¹

Children of: Abigail Boies and Jonathan Shepard

Electra Shepard+² B: 16 Jan 1782, D: May 1856
Larned Shepard+² B: 21 Jul 1784, D: 25 Jan 1826
Jonathan Shepard+² B: 15 Feb 1786, D: 17 Dec 1848
Abigail Shepard² B: 12 Jul 1788, D: 13 May 1837
Chandler Shepard+² B: 19 Dec 1790, D: 30 Dec 1835
Lorinda Shepard² B: 18 Apr 1793, D: 30 May 1793
Eli Shepard+² B: 12 Jun 1794, D: 4 Jan 1863
Letitia Shepard+² B: 2 Jan 1797, D: 5 Oct 1849
Bradford Shepard² B: 25 Dec 1798, D: 17 Jan 1799
Mary Shepard+² B: 10 Apr 1800, D: 28 May 1871
Arlina Ann Shepard² B: 7 Jul 1804, D: Jul 1877
Pauline M. Shepard+² B: 30 Jun 1805, D: 1 Jul 1833
Sarah Alma Shepard+² B: 19 Feb 1808, D: 8 Oct 1885

Witnessed Events & Occasions

Activity	Details
Will	Will: Abigail Boies on Thursday, 20 Mar 1794, was mentioned in the will of William Boies and Mary (neé Hamilton) Boies The will of William Boies of Blandford, dated Mar 20, 1794, proved Nov 27, 1804, named his wife Mary and several children, including Abigail Shepard [Hampden Co Probate]. The surname, French in origin, is also spelled Boise. REF: Public records; a family record; D.L. Jacobus, Ed., "Ancestry of Thomas Chalmers Brainerd" (Montreal, 1948), pp 45-46; Sophia Smith Martin, "Mack Genealogy (1903)" [for No. JW 112, Abigail]; Thomas J. Twining, "Descendants of William Twining" (1905). Others mentioned in the will were: Jonathan Shepard.¹

Activity

Details

Will

Will: Abigail Boies on Thursday, 20 Mar 1794, was mentioned in the will of William Boies and Mary (neé Hamilton) Boies The will of William Boies of Blandford, dated Mar 20, 1794, proved Nov 27, 1804, named his wife Mary and several children, including Abigail Shepard [Hampden Co Probate]. The surname, French in origin, is also spelled Boise.

REF: Public records; a family record; D.L. Jacobus, Ed., "Ancestry of Thomas Chalmers Brainerd" (Montreal, 1948), pp 45-46; Sophia Smith Martin, "Mack Genealogy (1903)" [for No. JW 112, Abigail]; Thomas J. Twining, "Descendants of William Twining" (1905).
Others mentioned in the will were: Jonathan Shepard.¹

Citations

[S139] RootsWeb.com, online e-mail address, Sara Kathryn Gredler (Culpeper, VA 22701), updated as of 18 Aug 2000.
[S26] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/gtkf238, Andrea Healy (e-mail address), updated as of 9 Dec 2000.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Leslie Mansfield Shepard¹

Family

TMG ID:3006, (26 Mar 1896 - 1986)

Relationships:

6th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
6th cousin 4 times removed of Descendant Wagner

Father*

Prentiss William Willard Shepard¹ B: 12 Dec 1865, D: Apr 1954

Mother*

Lillian Marian Hunt¹ B: 21 Aug 1867, D: 25 Apr 1953

Vital Statistics

Born: Leslie Mansfield Shepard was born on Thursday, 26 Mar 1896.¹
Died in 1986 at age 89 years.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Leslie Mansfield Shepard was the son of: Prentiss William Willard Shepard and Lillian Marian Hunt.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Thursday, 16 Oct 1924, Leslie, age 28 years, 6 months and 20 days, and Margaret Campbell, age 26 years were married at Cohoes, Albany County, New York^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Thursday, 16 Oct 1924, Leslie, age 28 years, 6 months and 20 days, and Margaret Campbell, age 26 years were married at Cohoes, Albany County, New York^G.¹

Citations

[S139] RootsWeb.com, online e-mail address, Sara Kathryn Gredler (Culpeper, VA 22701), updated as of 18 Aug 2000.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Abigail Shepard¹

Family

TMG ID:3007, (12 Jul 1788 - 13 May 1837)

Relationships:

3rd cousin 4 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
3rd cousin 7 times removed of Descendant Wagner

Father*

Jonathan Shepard¹ B: 6 Feb 1757, D: 22 Jun 1838

Mother*

Abigail Boies² B: 20 Jan 1764, D: 19 May 1816

Vital Statistics

Born: Abigail Shepard was born on Saturday, 12 Jul 1788, at Blandford, Hampshire County, Massachusetts^G.¹
Died on Saturday, 13 May 1837 at Blandford, Hampshire County, Massachusetts^G, at age 48 years, 10 months and 1 day.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Abigail Shepard was the daughter of: Jonathan Shepard and Abigail Boies.^1,2

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Sunday, 21 Aug 1808, her married name became Mrs. Blossom (née Shepard).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Sunday, 21 Aug 1808, Abigail, age 20 years, 1 month and 9 days, and Ezra L. Blossom, age 24 years, 11 months and 16 days were married at Blandford, Hampshire County, Massachusetts^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Sunday, 21 Aug 1808, Abigail, age 20 years, 1 month and 9 days, and Ezra L. Blossom, age 24 years, 11 months and 16 days were married at Blandford, Hampshire County, Massachusetts^G.¹

Citations

[S139] RootsWeb.com, online e-mail address, Sara Kathryn Gredler (Culpeper, VA 22701), updated as of 18 Aug 2000.
[S26] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/gtkf238, Andrea Healy (e-mail address), updated as of 9 Dec 2000.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Lorinda Shepard¹

Family

TMG ID:3008, (18 Apr 1793 - 30 May 1793)

Relationships:

3rd cousin 4 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
3rd cousin 7 times removed of Descendant Wagner

Father*

Jonathan Shepard¹ B: 6 Feb 1757, D: 22 Jun 1838

Mother*

Abigail Boies² B: 20 Jan 1764, D: 19 May 1816

Vital Statistics

Born: Lorinda Shepard was born on Thursday, 18 Apr 1793.¹
Died on Thursday, 30 May 1793 at age 1 month and 12 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Lorinda Shepard was the daughter of: Jonathan Shepard and Abigail Boies.^1,2

Citations

[S139] RootsWeb.com, online e-mail address, Sara Kathryn Gredler (Culpeper, VA 22701), updated as of 18 Aug 2000.
[S26] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/gtkf238, Andrea Healy (e-mail address), updated as of 9 Dec 2000.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Emily Eloise Shepard¹

Family

TMG ID:3009, (3 Nov 1897 - 14 Feb 1952)

Relationships:

6th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
6th cousin 4 times removed of Descendant Wagner

Father*

Prentiss William Willard Shepard¹ B: 12 Dec 1865, D: Apr 1954

Mother*

Lillian Marian Hunt¹ B: 21 Aug 1867, D: 25 Apr 1953

Vital Statistics

Born: Emily Eloise Shepard was born on Wednesday, 3 Nov 1897, at New York^G.^1,2
Died on Thursday, 14 Feb 1952 at age 54 years, 3 months and 11 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Emily Eloise Shepard was the daughter of: Prentiss William Willard Shepard and Lillian Marian Hunt.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: She was also known as Eloise S.²
Name-Variation: She was also known as Auntie Wee¹
Name-Married: on Saturday, 16 Aug 1924, her married name became Mrs. Degling (née Shepard).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Saturday, 16 Aug 1924, Emily, age 26 years, 9 months and 13 days, and Albert Otto Degling were married at Rochester, Monroe County, New York^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Saturday, 16 Aug 1924, Emily, age 26 years, 9 months and 13 days, and Albert Otto Degling were married at Rochester, Monroe County, New York^G.¹

Children of: Emily Eloise Shepard and Albert Otto Degling

Albert Shepard Degling+¹ B: c 1927
Donald Ewald Degling+¹ B: c 1929

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1940	3 Apr 1940, 121 Baker Street, Maplewood, Essex County, New Jersey^G	Albert Otto Degling, Albert Shepard Degling and Donald Ewald Degling²

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1940

3 Apr 1940, 121 Baker Street, Maplewood, Essex County, New Jersey^G

Albert Otto Degling, Albert Shepard Degling and Donald Ewald Degling²

Known Address(es)

Address: on Monday, 1 Apr 1935, Albert Otto and Emily Eloise (née Shepard) (age 37) Degling lived at: East Orange, Essex County, New Jersey^G. Also living at this address: Albert Shepard Degling and Donald Ewald Degling.²

Citations

[S139] RootsWeb.com, online e-mail address, Sara Kathryn Gredler (Culpeper, VA 22701), updated as of 18 Aug 2000.
[S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.

Last Edited

24 Aug 2014

Helen Gertrude Shepard¹

Family

TMG ID:3010, (23 Jan 1902 - 19 Jun 1999)

Relationships:

6th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
6th cousin 4 times removed of Descendant Wagner

Father*

Prentiss William Willard Shepard¹ B: 12 Dec 1865, D: Apr 1954

Mother*

Lillian Marian Hunt¹ B: 21 Aug 1867, D: 25 Apr 1953

Vital Statistics

Born: Helen Gertrude Shepard was born on Thursday, 23 Jan 1902, at Lima, Livingston County, New York^G.¹
Died on Saturday, 19 Jun 1999 at Roseland, Nelson County, Virginia^G, at age 97 years, 4 months and 27 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Helen Gertrude Shepard was the daughter of: Prentiss William Willard Shepard and Lillian Marian Hunt.¹

Citations

[S139] RootsWeb.com, online e-mail address, Sara Kathryn Gredler (Culpeper, VA 22701), updated as of 18 Aug 2000.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

James Wendell Shepard¹

Family

TMG ID:3011, (c 1933 - )

Relationships:

7th cousin of Elsie Dora Lewis
7th cousin 3 times removed of Descendant Wagner

Father*

Wendell Holmes Shepard¹ B: 21 Nov 1899, D: 29 Aug 1961

Vital Statistics

Born: James Wendell Shepard was born circa 1933, at New York^G.²

Obituary & Other Vital Info

James Wendell Shepard was the son of: Wendell Holmes Shepard.¹

Memorable Moments & Stories

Other: on Sunday, 20 Feb 2000, James Wendell Shepard this individual is still living.¹

Citations

[S139] RootsWeb.com, online e-mail address, Sara Kathryn Gredler (Culpeper, VA 22701), updated as of 18 Aug 2000.
[S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.

Last Edited

24 Aug 2014

Mina Electa Shepard¹

Family

TMG ID:3014, (7 May 1891 - 1 Jun 1985)

Relationships:

6th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
6th cousin 4 times removed of Descendant Wagner

Father*

Prentiss William Willard Shepard¹ B: 12 Dec 1865, D: Apr 1954

Mother*

Lillian Marian Hunt¹ B: 21 Aug 1867, D: 25 Apr 1953

Vital Statistics

Born: Mina Electa Shepard was born on Thursday, 7 May 1891, at New York^G.^1,2
Died on Saturday, 1 Jun 1985 at Roseland, Nelson County, Virginia^G, at age 94 years and 25 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Mina Electa Shepard was the daughter of: Prentiss William Willard Shepard and Lillian Marian Hunt.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Tuesday, 4 Dec 1917, her married name became Mrs. Proper (née Shepard).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Tuesday, 4 Dec 1917, Mina, age 26 years, 6 months and 27 days, and Byron Saunders Proper, age 27 years, 1 month and 5 days were married at Buffalo, Erie County, New York^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Tuesday, 4 Dec 1917, Mina, age 26 years, 6 months and 27 days, and Byron Saunders Proper, age 27 years, 1 month and 5 days were married at Buffalo, Erie County, New York^G.¹

Children of: Mina Electa Shepard and Byron Saunders Proper

John Shepard Proper+¹ B: 10 May 1920, D: 16 Sep 2001
Eloise Electa Proper+¹ B: c 1922, D: 2006

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1940	9 Apr 1940, 39 Linden Place, Summit, Union County, New Jersey^G	Byron Saunders Proper and Eloise Electa Proper²

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1940

9 Apr 1940, 39 Linden Place, Summit, Union County, New Jersey^G

Byron Saunders Proper and Eloise Electa Proper²

Known Address(es)

Address: on Monday, 1 Apr 1935, Byron Saunders (age 44) and Mina Electa (née Shepard) (age 43) Proper lived at: 39 Linden Place, Summit, Union County, New Jersey^G. Also living at this address: Eloise Electa Proper.²

Citations

[S139] RootsWeb.com, online e-mail address, Sara Kathryn Gredler (Culpeper, VA 22701), updated as of 18 Aug 2000.
[S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.

Last Edited

24 Aug 2014

Letitia Shepard¹

Family

TMG ID:3018, (2 Jan 1797 - 5 Oct 1849)

Relationships:

3rd cousin 4 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
3rd cousin 7 times removed of Descendant Wagner

Father*

Jonathan Shepard¹ B: 6 Feb 1757, D: 22 Jun 1838

Mother*

Abigail Boies² B: 20 Jan 1764, D: 19 May 1816

Vital Statistics

Born: Letitia Shepard was born on Monday, 2 Jan 1797, at Blandford, Hampshire County, Massachusetts^G.¹
Died on Friday, 5 Oct 1849 at Tolland Center, Hampshire County, Massachusetts^G, at age 52 years, 9 months and 3 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Letitia Shepard was the daughter of: Jonathan Shepard and Abigail Boies.^1,2

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Thursday, 8 Jun 1820, her married name became Mrs. Boies (née Shepard).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Thursday, 8 Jun 1820, Letitia, age 23 years, 5 months and 6 days, and Harper Boies, age 23 years, 1 month and 18 days, son of: William Boies Jr. and Jerusha (?), were married at Blandford, Hampshire County, Massachusetts^G, Related: 1^st cousins.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Thursday, 8 Jun 1820, Letitia, age 23 years, 5 months and 6 days, and Harper Boies, age 23 years, 1 month and 18 days, son of: William Boies Jr. and Jerusha (?), were married at Blandford, Hampshire County, Massachusetts^G, Related: 1^st cousins.¹

Children of: Letitia Shepard and Harper Boies

Patrick H. Boies¹ B: 1823, D: 5 Apr 1850
Caroline L. Boies¹ B: 1825, D: 17 May 1847

Citations

[S139] RootsWeb.com, online e-mail address, Sara Kathryn Gredler (Culpeper, VA 22701), updated as of 18 Aug 2000.
[S26] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/gtkf238, Andrea Healy (e-mail address), updated as of 9 Dec 2000.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Patrick H. Boies¹

Family

TMG ID:3019, (1823 - 5 Apr 1850)

Relationships:

4th cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
4th cousin 6 times removed of Descendant Wagner

Father*

Harper Boies¹ B: 21 Apr 1797, D: 8 May 1866

Mother*

Letitia Shepard¹ B: 2 Jan 1797, D: 5 Oct 1849

Vital Statistics

Born: Patrick H. Boies was born in 1823.¹
Died on Friday, 5 Apr 1850 at Blandford, Hampshire County, Massachusetts^G, at age 27 years.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Patrick H. Boies was the son of: Harper Boies and Letitia Shepard.¹

Citations

[S139] RootsWeb.com, online e-mail address, Sara Kathryn Gredler (Culpeper, VA 22701), updated as of 18 Aug 2000.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

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Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.
— Will Rogers
So let's be honest with ourselves and not take ourselves too serious, and never condemn the other fellow for doing what we are doing every day, only in a different way.
— Will Rogers
So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
— Will Rogers
Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.
— Will Rogers
The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way clear to bless the Republican Party the way it's been carrying on, then the rest of us ought to get it without even asking.
— Will Rogers
The best way out of a difficulty is through it.
— Will Rogers
The difference between a Republican and a Democrat is the Democrat is a cannibal they have to live off each other, while the Republicans, why, they live off the Democrats.
— Will Rogers
The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn't still be a farmer.
— Will Rogers
The fellow that can only see a week ahead is always the popular fellow, for he is looking with the crowd. But the one that can see years ahead, he has a telescope but he can't make anybody believe that he has it.
— Will Rogers
The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.
— Will Rogers
The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, 'How is the president?'
— Will Rogers
The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.
— Will Rogers
The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.
— Will Rogers
The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.
— Will Rogers
The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.
— Will Rogers
The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.
— Will Rogers
The only way you can beat the lawyers is to die with nothing.
— Will Rogers
The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.
— Will Rogers
The time to save is now. When a dog gets a bone, he doesn't go out and make a down payment on a bigger bone. He buries the one he's got.
— Will Rogers
The United States never lost a war or won a conference.
— Will Rogers
The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don't let it get the best of you.
— Will Rogers
There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.
— Will Rogers
There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.
— Will Rogers
There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in.
— Will Rogers
There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season on senators.
— Will Rogers
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.
— Will Rogers
There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education.
— Will Rogers
Things ain't what they used to be and never were.
— Will Rogers
Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.
— Will Rogers
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
— Will Rogers
This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.
— Will Rogers
We are all here for a spell, get all the good laughs you can.
— Will Rogers
We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.
— Will Rogers
We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?
— Will Rogers
We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.
— Will Rogers
What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.
— Will Rogers
When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds.
— Will Rogers
When should a college athlete turn pro? Not until he has earned all he can in college as an amateur.
— Will Rogers
When the Oakies left Oklahoma and moved to California, it raised the I.Q. of both states.
— Will Rogers
When you put down the good things you ought to have done, and leave out the bad ones you did do well, that's Memoirs.
— Will Rogers
Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth.
— Will Rogers
Worrying is like paying on a debt that may never come due.
— Will Rogers
You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.
— Will Rogers
You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is.
— Will Rogers
Every person you will pass on the street today is going to die. Living long enough, each will suffer the loss of friends and family. All are going to lose everything they love in this world. Why would one want to be anything but kind to them in the meantime?
— Sam Harris
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do one thing every day that scares you.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do one thing every day that scares you.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are so much afraid of pain that they shut themselves up like clams in a shell and, giving out nothing, receive nothing and therefore shrink until life is a mere living death.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault; if they betray you twice, it’s your fault.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Life is what you make it. Always has been, always will be.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
What could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Once I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: No good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and in all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You have to accept whatever comes, and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Never allow a person to tell you 'no' who doesn't have the power to say 'yes.'
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Happiness is not a goal...it's a by-product of a life well lived.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Work is always an antidote to depression.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do …
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one. You cannot make any useful contribution in life unless you do this.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It's your life-but only if you make it so.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Every time you meet a situation you think at the time it is an impossibility and you go through the tortures of the damned, once you have met it and lived through it, you find that forever after you are freer than you were before.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Courage is exhilarating.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
There is not human being from whom we cannot learn something if we are interested enough to dig deep.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!
— Eleanor Roosevelt
As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Lest I keep my complacent way I must remember somewhere out there a person died for me today. As long as there must be war, I ask and I must answer was I worth dying for?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The giving of love is an education in itself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it as not as dreadful as it appears, discovering that we have the strength to stare it down.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
All of life is a constant education.
— Eleanor Roosevelt

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