Mostly Angels in the Sky

Amy Dyer¹

Family

TMG ID:57501, (c 1778 - 22 Feb 1843)

Relationship:

2nd cousin 5 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Stephen Dyer¹ B: 10 Jan 1752, D: 27 Feb 1847

Mother*

Sarah Mathewson¹ B: 24 May 1762, D: 2 Jul 1811

Vital Statistics

Born: Amy Dyer was born circa 1778, at Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island^G.¹
Died on Wednesday, 22 Feb 1843 at Carlton, Orleans County, New York^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Amy Dyer was the daughter of: Stephen Dyer and Sarah Mathewson.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: in 1803, her married name became Mrs. Williams (née Dyer).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	1803, Amy and Arthur Williams were married at Chester, Windsor County, Vermont^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

1803, Amy and Arthur Williams were married at Chester, Windsor County, Vermont^G.¹

Citations

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Arthur Williams¹

TMG ID:57502

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	1803, Arthur and Amy Dyer, daughter of: Stephen Dyer and Sarah Mathewson, were married at Chester, Windsor County, Vermont^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

1803, Arthur and Amy Dyer, daughter of: Stephen Dyer and Sarah Mathewson, were married at Chester, Windsor County, Vermont^G.¹

Citations

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Huldah Dyer¹

Family

TMG ID:57503, (c 1778 - )

Relationship:

2nd cousin 5 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Stephen Dyer¹ B: 10 Jan 1752, D: 27 Feb 1847

Mother*

Sarah Mathewson¹ B: 24 May 1762, D: 2 Jul 1811

Vital Statistics

Died at Waterloo, Seneca County, New York^G.¹
Born: Huldah Dyer was born circa 1778, at Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Huldah Dyer was the daughter of: Stephen Dyer and Sarah Mathewson.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Thursday, 15 Aug 1811, her married name became Mrs. Cobleigh (née Dyer).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Thursday, 15 Aug 1811, Huldah and Adon Cobleigh were married at Chester, Windsor County, Vermont^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Thursday, 15 Aug 1811, Huldah and Adon Cobleigh were married at Chester, Windsor County, Vermont^G.¹

Citations

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Adon Cobleigh¹

TMG ID:57504

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Thursday, 15 Aug 1811, Adon and Huldah Dyer, daughter of: Stephen Dyer and Sarah Mathewson, were married at Chester, Windsor County, Vermont^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Thursday, 15 Aug 1811, Adon and Huldah Dyer, daughter of: Stephen Dyer and Sarah Mathewson, were married at Chester, Windsor County, Vermont^G.¹

Citations

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Edmund Dyer¹

Family

TMG ID:57505, (1781 - 1865)

Relationship:

2nd cousin 5 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Stephen Dyer¹ B: 10 Jan 1752, D: 27 Feb 1847

Mother*

Sarah Mathewson¹ B: 24 May 1762, D: 2 Jul 1811

Vital Statistics

Born: Edmund Dyer was born in 1781, at Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island^G.¹
Died in 1865 at Waterville, Lucas County, Ohio^G, at age 84 years.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Edmund Dyer was the son of: Stephen Dyer and Sarah Mathewson.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Sunday, 9 Oct 1803, Edmund, age 22 years, and Amorilla Gile, age 18 years, 9 months and 23 days were married at Chester, Windsor County, Vermont^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Sunday, 9 Oct 1803, Edmund, age 22 years, and Amorilla Gile, age 18 years, 9 months and 23 days were married at Chester, Windsor County, Vermont^G.¹

Child of: Edmund Dyer and Amorilla Gile

Sarah Madison Dyer+¹ B: 28 Jan 1806, D: 1882

Citations

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Amorilla Gile¹

Family

TMG ID:57506, (16 Dec 1784 - )

Vital Statistics

Born: Amorilla Gile was born on Thursday, 16 Dec 1784, at Grafton, Windham County, Vermont^G.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Sunday, 9 Oct 1803, her married name became Mrs. Dyer (née Gile).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Sunday, 9 Oct 1803, Amorilla, age 18 years, 9 months and 23 days, and Edmund Dyer, age 22 years, son of: Stephen Dyer and Sarah Mathewson, were married at Chester, Windsor County, Vermont^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Sunday, 9 Oct 1803, Amorilla, age 18 years, 9 months and 23 days, and Edmund Dyer, age 22 years, son of: Stephen Dyer and Sarah Mathewson, were married at Chester, Windsor County, Vermont^G.¹

Child of: Amorilla Gile and Edmund Dyer

Sarah Madison Dyer+¹ B: 28 Jan 1806, D: 1882

Citations

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Sarah Madison Dyer¹

Family

TMG ID:57507, (28 Jan 1806 - 1882)

Relationship:

3rd cousin 4 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Edmund Dyer¹ B: 1781, D: 1865

Mother*

Amorilla Gile¹ B: 16 Dec 1784

Vital Statistics

Born: Sarah Madison Dyer was born on Tuesday, 28 Jan 1806.¹
Died in 1882 at Delta, Fulton County, Ohio^G, at age 75 years.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Sarah Madison Dyer was the daughter of: Edmund Dyer and Amorilla Gile.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Eastman (née Dyer).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Sarah and Guy Carlton Eastman were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Sarah and Guy Carlton Eastman were married.¹

Children of: Sarah Madison Dyer and Guy Carlton Eastman

Martin H. Eastman¹ B: 10 Aug 1824
Edmund Dyer Eastman¹ B: 9 Apr 1826
Harry Eastman+¹ B: 29 May 1830, D: 1905
Oliver Eastman¹ B: 22 Feb 1832
Edmund Madison Eastman+¹ B: 27 Jun 1834, D: 2 Jan 1889
Sarah Philina Eastman+¹ B: 12 Jun 1838

Citations

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Guy Carlton Eastman¹

Family

TMG ID:57508, (15 May 1804 - 25 Dec 1873)

Vital Statistics

Born: Guy Carlton Eastman was born on Tuesday, 15 May 1804, at Bristol, Addison County, Vermont^G.¹
Died on Thursday, 25 Dec 1873 at Napoleon, Henry County, Ohio^G, at age 69 years, 7 months and 10 days.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Guy and Sarah Madison Dyer, daughter of: Edmund Dyer and Amorilla Gile, were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Guy and Sarah Madison Dyer, daughter of: Edmund Dyer and Amorilla Gile, were married.¹

Children of: Guy Carlton Eastman and Sarah Madison Dyer

Martin H. Eastman¹ B: 10 Aug 1824
Edmund Dyer Eastman¹ B: 9 Apr 1826
Harry Eastman+¹ B: 29 May 1830, D: 1905
Oliver Eastman¹ B: 22 Feb 1832
Edmund Madison Eastman+¹ B: 27 Jun 1834, D: 2 Jan 1889
Sarah Philina Eastman+¹ B: 12 Jun 1838

Citations

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Martin H. Eastman¹

Family

TMG ID:57509, (10 Aug 1824 - )

Relationship:

4th cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Guy Carlton Eastman¹ B: 15 May 1804, D: 25 Dec 1873

Mother*

Sarah Madison Dyer¹ B: 28 Jan 1806, D: 1882

Vital Statistics

Born: Martin H. Eastman was born on Tuesday, 10 Aug 1824.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Martin H. Eastman was the son of: Guy Carlton Eastman and Sarah Madison Dyer.¹

Citations

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Edmund Dyer Eastman¹

Family

TMG ID:57510, (9 Apr 1826 - )

Relationship:

4th cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Guy Carlton Eastman¹ B: 15 May 1804, D: 25 Dec 1873

Mother*

Sarah Madison Dyer¹ B: 28 Jan 1806, D: 1882

Vital Statistics

Born: Edmund Dyer Eastman was born on Sunday, 9 Apr 1826.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Edmund Dyer Eastman was the son of: Guy Carlton Eastman and Sarah Madison Dyer.¹

Citations

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Harry Eastman¹

Family

TMG ID:57511, (29 May 1830 - 1905)

Relationship:

4th cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Guy Carlton Eastman¹ B: 15 May 1804, D: 25 Dec 1873

Mother*

Sarah Madison Dyer¹ B: 28 Jan 1806, D: 1882

Vital Statistics

Born: Harry Eastman was born on Saturday, 29 May 1830, at Canton, Saint Lawrence County, New York^G.¹
Died in 1905 at age 74 years.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Harry Eastman was the son of: Guy Carlton Eastman and Sarah Madison Dyer.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Thursday, 21 Feb 1856, Harry, age 25 years, 8 months and 23 days, and Calista Butterworth, age 26 years, 2 months and 23 days were married at Maineville, Warren County, Ohio^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Thursday, 21 Feb 1856, Harry, age 25 years, 8 months and 23 days, and Calista Butterworth, age 26 years, 2 months and 23 days were married at Maineville, Warren County, Ohio^G.¹

Children of: Harry Eastman and Calista Butterworth

William Arthur Eastman+¹ B: 4 Feb 1857
Elber Wade Eastman+¹ B: 16 Mar 1859
Lida Eastman¹ B: 8 Dec 1862, D: 1916
Rachel Butterworth Eastman¹ B: 21 Sep 1865
Sarah Elizabeth Eastman+¹ B: 23 Mar 1868
Lillie Eastman¹ B: 29 Jan 1873, D: 2 Feb 1873
Harry Eastman¹ B: 14 Nov 1876

Citations

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Calista Butterworth¹

Family

TMG ID:57512, (29 Nov 1829 - )

Vital Statistics

Born: Calista Butterworth was born on Sunday, 29 Nov 1829, at Maineville, Warren County, Ohio^G.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Thursday, 21 Feb 1856, her married name became Mrs. Eastman (née Butterworth).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Thursday, 21 Feb 1856, Calista, age 26 years, 2 months and 23 days, and Harry Eastman, age 25 years, 8 months and 23 days, son of: Guy Carlton Eastman and Sarah Madison Dyer, were married at Maineville, Warren County, Ohio^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Thursday, 21 Feb 1856, Calista, age 26 years, 2 months and 23 days, and Harry Eastman, age 25 years, 8 months and 23 days, son of: Guy Carlton Eastman and Sarah Madison Dyer, were married at Maineville, Warren County, Ohio^G.¹

Children of: Calista Butterworth and Harry Eastman

William Arthur Eastman+¹ B: 4 Feb 1857
Elber Wade Eastman+¹ B: 16 Mar 1859
Lida Eastman¹ B: 8 Dec 1862, D: 1916
Rachel Butterworth Eastman¹ B: 21 Sep 1865
Sarah Elizabeth Eastman+¹ B: 23 Mar 1868
Lillie Eastman¹ B: 29 Jan 1873, D: 2 Feb 1873
Harry Eastman¹ B: 14 Nov 1876

Citations

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William Arthur Eastman¹

Family

TMG ID:57513, (4 Feb 1857 - )

Relationship:

5th cousin 2 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Harry Eastman¹ B: 29 May 1830, D: 1905

Mother*

Calista Butterworth¹ B: 29 Nov 1829

Vital Statistics

Born: William Arthur Eastman was born on Wednesday, 4 Feb 1857, at Maineville, Warren County, Ohio^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

William Arthur Eastman was the son of: Harry Eastman and Calista Butterworth.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Thursday, 28 Apr 1881, William, age 24 years, 2 months and 24 days, and Gertrude Harlan, age 21 years, 8 months and 27 days were married at Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Thursday, 28 Apr 1881, William, age 24 years, 2 months and 24 days, and Gertrude Harlan, age 21 years, 8 months and 27 days were married at Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio^G.¹

Children of: William Arthur Eastman and Gertrude Harlan

Barclay Harlan Eastman¹ B: 10 Feb 1887
Rose Elizabeth Eastman¹ B: 27 Jul 1890

Citations

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Gertrude Harlan¹

Family

TMG ID:57514, (31 Jul 1859 - )

Vital Statistics

Born: Gertrude Harlan was born on Sunday, 31 Jul 1859, at Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio^G.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Thursday, 28 Apr 1881, her married name became Mrs. Eastman (née Harlan).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Thursday, 28 Apr 1881, Gertrude, age 21 years, 8 months and 27 days, and William Arthur Eastman, age 24 years, 2 months and 24 days, son of: Harry Eastman and Calista Butterworth, were married at Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Thursday, 28 Apr 1881, Gertrude, age 21 years, 8 months and 27 days, and William Arthur Eastman, age 24 years, 2 months and 24 days, son of: Harry Eastman and Calista Butterworth, were married at Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio^G.¹

Children of: Gertrude Harlan and William Arthur Eastman

Barclay Harlan Eastman¹ B: 10 Feb 1887
Rose Elizabeth Eastman¹ B: 27 Jul 1890

Citations

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Barclay Harlan Eastman¹

Family

TMG ID:57515, (10 Feb 1887 - )

Relationship:

6th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

William Arthur Eastman¹ B: 4 Feb 1857

Mother*

Gertrude Harlan¹ B: 31 Jul 1859

Vital Statistics

Born: Barclay Harlan Eastman was born on Thursday, 10 Feb 1887, at Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Barclay Harlan Eastman was the son of: William Arthur Eastman and Gertrude Harlan.¹

Citations

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Rose Elizabeth Eastman¹

Family

TMG ID:57516, (27 Jul 1890 - )

Relationship:

6th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

William Arthur Eastman¹ B: 4 Feb 1857

Mother*

Gertrude Harlan¹ B: 31 Jul 1859

Vital Statistics

Born: Rose Elizabeth Eastman was born on Sunday, 27 Jul 1890, at Evanston, Hamilton County, Ohio^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Rose Elizabeth Eastman was the daughter of: William Arthur Eastman and Gertrude Harlan.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Sunday, 25 Dec 1910, her married name became Mrs. Schutle (née Eastman).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Sunday, 25 Dec 1910, Rose, age 20 years, 4 months and 28 days, and Erle M. Schutle were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Sunday, 25 Dec 1910, Rose, age 20 years, 4 months and 28 days, and Erle M. Schutle were married.¹

Citations

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Erle M. Schutle¹

TMG ID:57517

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Sunday, 25 Dec 1910, Erle and Rose Elizabeth Eastman, age 20 years, 4 months and 28 days, daughter of: William Arthur Eastman and Gertrude Harlan, were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Sunday, 25 Dec 1910, Erle and Rose Elizabeth Eastman, age 20 years, 4 months and 28 days, daughter of: William Arthur Eastman and Gertrude Harlan, were married.¹

Citations

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Elber Wade Eastman¹

Family

TMG ID:57518, (16 Mar 1859 - )

Relationship:

5th cousin 2 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Harry Eastman¹ B: 29 May 1830, D: 1905

Mother*

Calista Butterworth¹ B: 29 Nov 1829

Vital Statistics

Born: Elber Wade Eastman was born on Wednesday, 16 Mar 1859.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Elber Wade Eastman was the son of: Harry Eastman and Calista Butterworth.¹

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Elber and Lottie Fairchild were married.¹

Marriage

1878, Elber, age 18 years, and Charlotte Baum, age 17 years were married.¹

Child of: Elber Wade Eastman and Charlotte Baum

Arthur Steven Eastman+¹ B: 15 Feb 1879, D: 21 Mar 1935

Citations

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Charlotte Baum¹

Family

TMG ID:57519, (1861 - 1932)

Vital Statistics

Born: Charlotte Baum was born in 1861.¹
Died in 1932 at age 71 years.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: in 1878, her married name became Mrs. Eastman (née Baum).

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

1878, Charlotte, age 17 years, and Elber Wade Eastman, age 18 years, son of: Harry Eastman and Calista Butterworth, were married.¹

Child of: Charlotte Baum and Elber Wade Eastman

Arthur Steven Eastman+¹ B: 15 Feb 1879, D: 21 Mar 1935

Citations

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Arthur Steven Eastman¹

Family

TMG ID:57520, (15 Feb 1879 - 21 Mar 1935)

Relationship:

6th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Elber Wade Eastman¹ B: 16 Mar 1859

Mother*

Charlotte Baum¹ B: 1861, D: 1932

Vital Statistics

Born: Arthur Steven Eastman was born on Saturday, 15 Feb 1879.¹
Died on Thursday, 21 Mar 1935 at Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin^G, at age 56 years, 1 month and 6 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Arthur Steven Eastman was the son of: Elber Wade Eastman and Charlotte Baum.¹

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Friday, 27 Mar 1896, Arthur, age 17 years, 1 month and 12 days, and Florence Meyer, age 16 years, 3 months and 5 days were married at Newport, Campbell County, Kentucky^G.¹

Child of: Arthur Steven Eastman and Florence Meyer

Elbur Wade Eastman+¹ B: 31 Dec 1896, D: 20 Jan 1983

Citations

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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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