Eleanor Roosevelt Inspirational Quotes

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Well-behaved women seldom make history.

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

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

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 matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence.

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

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

Light a candle instead of cursing the darkness.

It's your life-but only if you make it so.

Today is the oldest you've ever been, and the youngest you'll ever be again.

I have never felt that anything really mattered but knowing that you stood for the things in which you believed and had done the very best you could.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt, This is My Story

Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.

When you know to laugh and when to look upon things as too absurd to take seriously, the other person is ashamed to carry through even if he was serious about it.

Nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says, It can't be done.

We gain courage and wisdom from every instance in which we stop to look fear in the face.

Effort: You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

Good leaders inspire people to have confidence in their leader. Great leaders inspire people to have confidence in themselves.

Do one thing every day that frightens you,” Princess Mia advised her audience. “And never think that you can’t make a difference. Even if you’re only sixteen, and everyone is telling you that you’re just a silly teenage girl—don’t let them push you away. Remember one other thing Eleanor Roosevelt said: ‘No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.’ You are capable of great things—never let anyone try to tell you that just because you’ve only been a princess for twelve days, you don’t know what you’re doing.

You can not live at all if you do not learn to adapt yourself to your life as it happens to be.

Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life. -Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 – 1962)

I’m often asked how I take the criticism directed my way. I have three answers: First, if you choose to be in public life, remember Eleanor Roosevelt’s advice and grow skin as thick as a rhinoceros. Second, learn to take criticism seriously but not personally. Your critics can actually teach you lessons your friends can’t or won’t. I try to sort out the motivation for criticism, whether partisan, ideological, commercial, or sexist, analyze it to see what I might learn from it, and discard the rest. Third, there is a persistent double standard applied to women in politics - regarding clothes, body types, and of course hairstyles - that you can’t let derail you. Smile and keep going.

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

It seems to me that I cannot afford, as a self-respecting individual, to refuse to do a thing merely because it will make me disliked or bring down a storm of criticism on my head.

Happiness is not a goal…it’s a by-product of a life well lived. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Occasionally I’ll be sitting somewhere and I’ll be listening to someone perhaps not saying the kindest things about me. And I’ll look down at my hand and I’ll sort of pinch my skin to make sure it still has the requisite thickness I know Eleanor Roosevelt expects me to have.

You not only have a right to be an individual. You have a responsibility.

Do one thing every day that scares you. - Eleanor Roosevelt

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

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

The future is for those who believe in the beauty of their dreams

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your permission

And even when success comes, as I am sure it will, bear in mind that there are more quiet and enviable joys than to be among the most sought after women at a ball...

When you cease to make a contribution you begin to die. Therefore, I think it a necessity to be doing something which you feel is helpful in order to grow old gracefully and contentedly.

Beauty is a sacrifice. -Me Baby, I INVENTED scrawny! -Leo Valdez I will NEVER leave you or forsake you. -God No one can make you feel inferior, unless you consent. -Eleanor Roosevelt Be careful, Seaweed Brain. -Annabeth Chase

Be a Listener When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise. —PROVERBS 10:19     I’ve heard it said that God gave us two ears and only one mouth because He wants us to listen twice as much as we speak. I don’t know about you, but I’ve never had to apologize for something I haven’t said. It’s much easier and really more natural for us to speak rather than listen. We have to learn to listen. It takes discipline to keep from talking. As a parent, spouse, sibling, or friend, we need to be known as good listeners. And while listening, we’d do well to remember that there are always two sides to every story. Postpone any judgment until you’ve heard all the evidence—then wait some more. Eleanor Roosevelt, in one of her many speeches, stated, “A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and in all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all-knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.” Our Scripture verse talks to us about being more of a listener than a talker. Too many words can lead to putting one’s foot in one’s mouth. The more we speak, the greater the chance of being offensive. The wise person will restrain her speech. Listening seldom gets us into trouble, but our mouths certainly cause transgressions. When others realize that you are a true listener, they will tell you important matters. They will open up about their lives and their dreams. They will entrust you with a bit of themselves and their hearts. Never violate that trust. You have the best model possible in your relationship with God. Without fail, He listens to your every need and hope. Prayer: Father God, thank You for giving me two good ears to hear. Hold my tongue when I want to lash out. I want to be a better hearer. Amen.  

This I know. This I believe with all my heart. 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! - Eleanor Roosevelt Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall at last unveil.- -John Ruskin Each of us makes his own weather, determines the color of the skies in the emotional universe which he inhabits.

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


The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” —Eleanor Roosevelt, politician, activist, First Lady of the United States

I gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which I must stop and look fear in the face. —Eleanor Roosevelt

الغرض من الحياة في النهاية ، هو أن نحياها ، وأن ننهل من خبراتها حتى الثمالة ، وأن نخوض بلهفة ودون خوف الأحداث الأكثر ثراء ./ إلينور روزفيلت

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

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

Often people have asked me, "How do you recover from disaster?" I don't know any answer except the obvious one: You do it by meeting it and going on. From each you learn something, from each you acquire additional strength and confidence in yourself to meet the next one when it comes.

Do one thing every day that scares you. -Eleanor Roosevelt

To be mature you have to realize what you value most. Not to arrive at a clear understanding of one's own values is a tragic waste. You have missed the whole point of what life is for.