Eleanor Roosevelt quotes and words of wisdom

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
Found in the topic Inferior.

"At any age it does us no harm to look over our past shortcomings and plan to improve our characters and actions in the coming year."
Found in the topic Age.

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
Found in the topic Dream.

"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."
Found in the topic Confidence.

"Too many of us stay walled up because we are afraid of being hurt. We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all."
Found in the topic Afraid.

"An economic policy which does not consider the well-being of all will not serve the purposes of peace and the growth of well-being among the people of all nations."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"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."
Found in the topic Bad.

"Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product."
Found in the topic Happiness.

"People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built."
Found in the topic Experience.

"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."
Found in the topic Right.

"It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself."
Found in the topic Self.

"Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both."
Found in the topic Justice.

"Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life."
Found in the topic Life.

"You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
Found in the topic Brave.

"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."
Found in the topic Peace.

"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."
Found in the topic Indispensable.

"It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness."
Found in the topic Better.

"You always admire what you really don"t understand."
Found in the topic Administration.

"Advice on campaign behavior for first ladies: Always be on time. Do as little talking as humanly possible. Remember to lean back in the parade so everybody can see the president. Be sure not to get too fat, because you"ll have to sit three in the back."
Found in the topic Advice.

"I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on."
Found in the topic Content.

Interesting Quotes

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