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Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes
This collection of Eleanor Roosevelt quotes cover a variety of topics you are sure to enjoy.
Eleanor Roosevelt was quite a remarkable lady. Not only was she the First Lady of the United States and the wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt, she advocated for civil rights and was active in politics. President Truman called her the "First Lady of the World" in tribute to her human rights achievements. Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes IndexAging"Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, But beautiful old people are works of art."
"Life has got to be lived - that's all there is to it. At seventy, I would say the advantage is that you take life more calmly. You know that 'this, too, shall pass!'"
Being True to Yourself"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."
"Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one."
Return to Index of Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes Change"Change means the unknown."
Character"Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth."
"People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built."
"Character building begins in our infancy, and continues until death."
"It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself."
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Curiosity"I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity."
"Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life."
Return to Index of Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes Fathers"The kind of man who thinks that helping with the dishes is beneath him will also think that helping with the baby is beneath him, and then he certainly is not going to be a very successful father."
Fear"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."
"I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experience behind him."
"We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all."
"The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experiences."
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Freedom"Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry is own weight, this is a frightening prospect."
Friendship"Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart."
"Friendship with oneself is all important because without it one cannot be friends with anybody else in the world."
"We will never have peace without friendship around the world."
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Happiness"Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product."
"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."
Return to Index of Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes Humorous"I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me 'understand' something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country."
"Campaign behavior for wives: Always be on time. Do as little talking as humanly possible. Lean back in the parade car so everybody can see the president."
Return to Index of Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes Immortality"Perhaps nature is our best assurance of immortality."
Justice"Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both."
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"We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all."
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"For 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 for it."
"If we want a free and peaceful world, if we want to make the deserts bloom and man grow to greater dignity as a human being-we can do it."
Return to Index of Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes Self-Esteem"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
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Success"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
"In a democratic society we must live cooperatively, and serve the community in which we live, to the best of our ability. For our own success to be real, it must contribute to the success of others."
"It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan."
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"A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think."
"Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes."
"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts."
"It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness."
"Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself."
"The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experiences."
"All of life is a constant education."
"If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor."
"It is not more vacation we need - it is more vocation."
"When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die."
"All human beings have failings, all human beings have needs and temptations and stresses. Men and women who live together through long years get to know one another's failings; but they also come to know what is worthy of respect and admiration in those they live with and in themselves. If at the end one can say, This man used to the limit the powers that God granted him; he was worthy of love and respect and of the sacrifices of many people, made in order that he might achieve what he deemed to be his task, then that life has been lived well and there are no regrets."
"When you have decided what you believe, what you feel must be done, have the courage to stand alone and be counted."
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War"I cannot believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war and no one will win the next."
Return to Index of Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes Wives"It was a wife's duty to be interested in whatever interested her husband, whether it was politics, books, or a particular dish for dinner."
Return to Index of Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes Women"Women are like teabags. We don't know our true strength until we are in hot water!"
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