Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

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

“Courage is more exhilarating than fear and in the long run it is easier. We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just one step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down.”

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

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

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

“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.”

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

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