Quotes By Eleanor Roosevelt

There are practical little things in housekeeping which no man really understands.

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'

Women are like teabags. We don't know our true strength until we are in hot water!

When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The Bible illustrated by Dore occupied many of my hours - and I think probably gave me many nightmares.

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.

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.

I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role.

The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.

What one has to do usually can be done.

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.

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

You can't move so fast that you try to change the mores faster than people can accept it. That doesn't mean you do nothing, but it means that you do the things that need to be done according to priority.

A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.

I can not believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.

You can never really live anyone else's life, not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you've become yourself.

What you don't do can be a destructive force.

In all our contacts it is probably the sense of being really needed and wanted which gives us the greatest satisfaction and creates the most lasting bond.

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

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.

In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.

It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.

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

My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.

Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.

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.

If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.

One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.