It’s important to note that no one knows for sure if this actually comes from Mrs. Roosevelt, and the quote itself is often attributed to Admiral Hyman G. Rickover. Though Admiral Rickover was overhead speaking these words, he never claimed to be the original author, saying on the 28th November 1959′s edition of The Saturday Evening Post, that it came from an “unkown sage.”
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Some from each category populates the web, but the proportions don't speak well for the size of the average Internet mind.
Don't you think it's ironic that the text below the image is talking about people/events? :)
Yeah, as I read the text, I thought, does it really matter exactly who said it? Isn't that kinda the point of the comment?
Not to say that citation and credit aren't relevant or important. But spending any amount of time tracking that particular quote diminishes from it.
Indeed full of wisdom.
Soendoro Soetanto