Eleanor Roosevelt quotes

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. (Eleanor Roosevelt)
A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water. View quote
Eleanor Roosevelt
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. View quote
Eleanor Roosevelt
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. View quote
Eleanor Roosevelt
Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. View quote
Eleanor Roosevelt
Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart. View quote
Eleanor Roosevelt
If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor. View quote
Eleanor Roosevelt
Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world. View quote
Eleanor Roosevelt
Understanding is a two-way street. View quote
Eleanor Roosevelt
Character building begins in our infancy, and continues until death. View quote
Eleanor Roosevelt
Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life. (Eleanor Roosevelt)
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift... that's why they call it the present. View quote
Eleanor Roosevelt
I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision. View quote
Eleanor Roosevelt
Every day do something that frightens you. View quote
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. View quote
Eleanor Roosevelt
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. View quote
Eleanor Roosevelt
It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself. View quote
Eleanor Roosevelt
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. View quote
Eleanor Roosevelt
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built. View quote
Eleanor Roosevelt
I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall. View quote
Eleanor Roosevelt
With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. (Eleanor Roosevelt)
Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little. View quote
Eleanor Roosevelt
When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it? View quote
Eleanor Roosevelt
Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both. View quote
Eleanor Roosevelt
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die. View quote
Eleanor Roosevelt