You're going to meet people in this world who are fine, quality people. They'll build your character, and you want to hang around with them. Then there are the ones who don't do right. They will tear you down. Be nice to them-never hurt anybody-but don't hang with them.

Ruthi Postow Birch
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Eleanor Roosevelt said, “You’re going to meet people in this world who are fine, quality people. They’ll build your character, and you want to hang around with them. Then there are the ones who don’t do right. They will tear you down.

Be nice to them-never hurt anybody-but don’t hang with them.” Eleanor Roosevelt believes that for our own personal wellbeing, we should be careful of those who are tearing us down, but also those who are building us up. We must learn how to put others first and put ourselves last in everything we do.

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