Quotes from Eleanor Roosevelt

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The future is literally in our hands to mold as we like. But we cannot wait until tomorrow. Tomorrow is now.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.

The giving of love is an education in itself.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

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

When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.

I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

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

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

Quotes from Eleanor Roosevelt part 2

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived. Curiosity must be kept alive.

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.

A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader; a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves.

Life is what you make it. Always has been, always will be.

It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself.

The future is literally in our hands to mold as we like. But we cannot wait until tomorrow. Tomorrow is now.

The giving of love is an education in itself.

I think somehow we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends.

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the life that is waiting for us.

The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The future is literally in our hands to mold as we like. But we cannot wait until tomorrow. Tomorrow is now.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.

The giving of love is an education in itself.

I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

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