Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes
I think I should learn something from these.
"Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't."
"Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world."
"Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product."
"I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experience behind him."
"It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness."
"Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes."
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
"Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one. "
"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."
"The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it."
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
"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."
"Understanding is a two-way street."
"We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all."
"We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot."
"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts."
"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 lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'"
"You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give. "
"You must do the things you think you cannot do."
I think she was a very wise lady.
"Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't."
"Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world."
"Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product."
"I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experience behind him."
"It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness."
"Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes."
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
"Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one. "
"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."
"The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it."
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
"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."
"Understanding is a two-way street."
"We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all."
"We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot."
"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts."
"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 lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'"
"You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give. "
"You must do the things you think you cannot do."
I think she was a very wise lady.