Quotes by Eleanor Roosevelt

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

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

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

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.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

A woman is like a tea bag – you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.

The future belongs to those who set goals and work towards achieving them.

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

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

A great leader is someone who can inspire others to believe in themselves.

Believe in yourself, and the rest will fall into place.

Never stop learning, for life never stops teaching.

Happiness is not a goal; it’s a byproduct of a life well lived.

The greatest gift you can give others is to believe in them.

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

Change is never easy, but it’s necessary for growth.

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.

Quotes by Eleanor Roosevelt part 2

True equality means not diminishing others but lifting them up.

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission.

The best way to predict your future is to create it.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

The path to success is to take massive, determined action.

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

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

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

The purpose of life is not to be happy, but to be useful, honorable, and compassionate.

Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the obstacles you overcome.

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

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 responsibility.

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

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

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.

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

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

When you have decided what you believe, what you feel must be done, have the courage to stand alone and be counted.

The future belongs to those who set goals and work towards achieving them.

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

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.

If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault; if they betray you twice, it’s your fault.

The giving of love is an education in itself.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.