Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes



      “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” 
- 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

       “You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.” 
- Eleanor Roosevelt

       “Do one thing every day that scares you.” 
- Eleanor Roosevelt

        “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” 
- Eleanor Roosevelt

       “Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart” 
- Eleanor Roosevelt

       “You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude” 
- Eleanor Roosevelt

       “We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.” 
- Eleanor Roosevelt

       “If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault; if they betray you twice, it’s your fault.” 
- 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

       “To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.” 
- 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

       “Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say 
yes.” 
- Eleanor Roosevelt

       “Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself. ” 
- Eleanor Roosevelt

       “Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.” 
- Eleanor Roosevelt

       “Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art. ” 
- Eleanor Roosevelt

        “No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.” 
- 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

        “Work is always an antidote to depression.” 
- Eleanor Roosevelt


        “It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.” 
- Eleanor Roosevelt

       “When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?” 
- Eleanor Roosevelt

       “With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” 
- Eleanor Roosevelt

       “I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do ...” 
- Eleanor Roosevelt

       “Life is what you make it. Always has been, always will be.” 
- Eleanor Roosevelt

       “A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.” 
- Eleanor Roosevelt

       “What could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail?” 
- 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

        “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

       “As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.” 
- Eleanor Roosevelt

       “Light a candle instead of cursing the darkness.” 
- Eleanor Roosevelt

        “The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.” 
- Eleanor Roosevelt

        “The giving of love is an education in itself.” 
- Eleanor Roosevelt

        “Character building begins in our infancy and continues until death.” 
- Eleanor Roosevelt

        “All of life is a constant education.” 
- Eleanor Roosevelt

        “I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday.” 
- Eleanor Roosevelt

        “It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.” 
- Eleanor Roosevelt

        “You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” 
- Eleanor Roosevelt

        “Today is the oldest you've ever been, and the youngest you'll ever be again.” 
- Eleanor Roosevelt

      “Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life. ” 
- Eleanor Roosevelt